TY - JOUR T1 - Plasmonic photochemistry and photon confinement to the nanoscale JF - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology a-Chemistry Y1 - 2011 A1 - El-Sayed, Mostafa A AB - This account gives a simple qualitative discussion of the confinement of the motion of electrons to the nanoscale. The mechanism by which gold and silver nanoparticles confine photons to the nanoscale, resulting in both the surface plasmon resonance and strong surface plasmon fields, is mentioned. Examples of different observations and applications of the plasmonic field enhancement of light scattering, absorption, photo-thermal and nonradiative processes studied in our group are summarized. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. VL - 221 SN - 1010-6030 N1 - El-Sayed, Mostafa A.Si M3 - 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.05.024 ER -