Synthesis of Nanoparticles for Plasmonics Applications: A Microfluidic Approach

This article provides an overview of the recent developments in the study of plasmonics using metal nanoparticles. The nanoparticles used for plasmonics applications are produced with microfluidics reactor as a high yield synthesis method. Microfluidics system shows a great promise in controlling the size, shape and size distribution. Main emphasis is given to synthesis of the plasmonics nanoparticles and core-shell nanoparticles using a microfluidics reactor with different size and shapes, with the possibility of independent tuning, and, therefore, control of the size and shape of the metal nanoparticles.