Plasmonic Enhancement of Scattering and Emission of Light in Nanostructures: From Basic Science to Biomedical Applications

Abstract

Advances and challenges of plasmonic enhancemen t of Raman scattering and fluorescence with metal-dielectric nanostructures are discussed. Theoretical predictions and experimental implementation are presented and compared. Reasonable agreement of experimental data with the theory is outlined. Special attention is given to biomedical applications including fluorescent and Raman immunospectroscopy.