Preface. Contributors. Mental-Enhanced Fluorescence: Progress Towards a Unified Plasmon-Fluorophore Description ( Kadir Aslan and Chris D. Geddes ). Spectral Profile Modifications In Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence ( E. C. Le Ru, J. Grand, N. Felidj, J. Aubard, G. Levi, A. Hohenau, J. R. Krenn, E. Blackie and P. G. Etchegoin ). The Role Of Plasmonic Engineering In Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence ( Daniel J. Ross, Nicholas P.W. Pieczonka and R. F. Aroca ). Importance of Spectral Overlap: Fluorescence Enhancement by Single Metal Nanoparticles ( Keiko Munechika, Yeechi Chen, Jessica M. Smith and.David S. Ginger ). Near-IR Metal Enhanced Fluorescence And Controlled Colloidal Aggregation ( Jon P. Anderson, Mark Griffiths, John G. Williams, Daniel L. Grone, Dave L. Steffens, and Lyle M. Middendorf ). Optimisation Of Plasmonic Enhancement Of Fluorescence For Optical Biosensor Applications ( Colette McDonagh, Ondrej Stranik, Robert Nooney and Brian D. MacCraith ). Microwave-Accelerated Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence ( Kadir Aslan and Chris D. Geddes ). Localized Surface Plasmon Coupled Fluorescence Fiber Optic Based Biosensing ( Chien Chou, Ja-An Annie Ho, Chii-Chang Chen, Ming-Yaw, Wei-Chih Liu, Ying-Feng Chang, Chen Fu, Si-Han Chen and Ting-Yang Kuo ). Surface Plasmon Enhanced Photochemistry ( Stephen K. Gray ). Metal-Enhanced Generation of Oxygen Rich Species ( Yongxia Zhang, Kadir Aslan and Chris D. Geddes ). Synthesis Of Anisotropic Noble Metal Nanoparticles ( Damian Aherne, Deirdre M. Ledwith and John M. Kelly ). Enhanced Fluorescence Detection Enabled By Zinc Oxide Nanomaterials ( Jong-in Hahm ). ZnO Platforms For Enhanced Directional Fluorescence Applications ( H.C. Ong, D.Y. Lei, J. Li and J.B. Xu ). E-Beam Lithography And Spontaneous Galvanic Displacement Reactions For Spatially Controlled MEF Applications ( Luigi Martiradonna, S. Shiv Shankar and Pier Paolo Pompa ). Metal-Enhanced Chemiluminescence ( Yongxia Zhang, Kadir Aslan and Chris D. Geddes ). Enhanced Fluorescence From Gratings ( Chii-Wann Lin, Nan-Fu Chiu, Jiun-Haw Lee and Chih-Kung Lee ). Enhancing Fluorescence with Sub-Wavelength Metallic Apertures ( Steve Blair and Jerome Wenger ). Enhanced Multi-Photon Excitation of Tryptophan-Silver Colloid ( Renato E. de Araujo, Diego Rativa and Anderson S. L. Gomes ). Plasmon-enhanced radiative rates and applications to organic electronics ( Lewis Rothberg and Shanlin Pan ). Fluorescent Quenching Gold Nanoparticles: Potential Biomedical Applications ( Xiaohua Huang, Ivan H. El-Sayed, and Mostafa A. El-Sayed ). Index.
