TY - JOUR T1 - Optical Properties and Ultrafast Dynamics of Metalic Naocrystals JF - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry Y1 - 2003 A1 - Link, Stephan A1 - El-Sayed, Mostafa A AB - ? Abstract? Noble metal particles have long fascinated scientists because of their intense color, which led to their application in stained glass windows as early as the Middle Ages. The recent resurrection of colloidal and cluster chemistry has brought about the strive for new materials that allow a bottoms-up approach of building improved and new devices with nanoparticles or artificial atoms. In this review, we discuss some of the properties of individual and some assembled metallic nanoparticles with a focus on their interaction with cw and pulsed laser light of different energies. The potential application of the plasmon resonance as sensors is discussed.? Abstract? Noble metal particles have long fascinated scientists because of their intense color, which led to their application in stained glass windows as early as the Middle Ages. The recent resurrection of colloidal and cluster chemistry has brought about the strive for new materials that allow a bottoms-up approach of building improved and new devices with nanoparticles or artificial atoms. In this review, we discuss some of the properties of individual and some assembled metallic nanoparticles with a focus on their interaction with cw and pulsed laser light of different energies. The potential application of the plasmon resonance as sensors is discussed. PB - Annual Reviews VL - 54 SN - 0066-426X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.physchem.54.011002.103759 CP - 1 N1 - doi: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.54.011002.103759 J1 - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. ER -