Washington University

Limei Tian

Srikanth Singamaneni

Evan David Kharasch

Jeremiah Morrissey

Qisheng Jiang

Keng-Ku Liu

Abdennour Abbas

The present disclosure is directed to steam generation through the efficient harvesting of solar energy. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to bilayered structures that are cost-effective, scalable and/or biodegradable that provide high steam-generation efficiency.

Bilayered structures for solar steam generation

Plasmonic nanotransducers, methods of preparing plasmonic nanotransducers, and methods for label-free detection of target molecules are disclosed. The plasmonic nanotransducers include hollow nanostructure cores and artificial antibodies. The plasmonic nanotransducers are exposed to a biological sample that can contain the specific target molecules. The plasmonic nanotransducers can be analyzed with surface enhanced Raman scattering techniques and/or localized surface plasmon resonance techniques to quantify the amount of the target molecule in the sample.

Plasmonic biosensors with built-in artificial antibodies

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Limei Tian