Magneto-Plasmonic Nanoparticles

Magnetoplasmonics nanoparticles encompass in a single nano-entity all the rich science and promising applications of the plasmonics and magnetic nanoworlds. The difficult liaison and a certain incompatibility between plasmonics and magnetic phenomena, due to the different chemical-physical origins and supportingmaterials, are overcome thanks to the design and synthesis of novel nanostructures. The variations of properties, interactions and synergies of both phenomena and materials demonstrate how rich and surprising the matter is at nanoscale and the promising applications. In fact, we show how not only light and magnetism can interplay but also other phenomena like forces, heat, electric field and chemical interactions, between others, can show synergism. Magnetoplasmonic systems are excellent benchmark materials to develop and investigate multi-responsive multifunctional nanosystems that now are required in an increasing number of technologies, such as biomedicine, pharmacy, catalysis, optoelectronics and data storage.