1;Preface;6 2;Contents;7 3;Plasmonic-Additive Enabled Polymer Nanocomposites;9 3.1;1 Introduction;9 3.2;2 Surface Chemistry for Polymer Composite Integration;14 3.2.1;2.1 Polymer Grafting;15 3.2.2;2.2 Polyelectrolyte Coatings;15 3.2.3;2.3 Silica Capping;17 3.3;3 Plasmonic Polymer Nanocomposites;17 3.4;4 Conclusions;21 3.5;References;21 4;Graphene Plasmonics Based Terahertz Integrated Circuits;25 4.1;1 Introduction;25 4.2;2 Material Properties of Graphene;26 4.3;3 Graphene Based Plasmonic Waveguide Structures;28 4.4;4 Electromagnetic Modelling of Variants of GPPW;31 4.4.1;4.1 Graphene Plasmonic Nanostrip Waveguide (GPNSW);31 4.4.2;4.2 Graphene Plasmonic Suspended Nanostrip Waveguide (GPSNSW);38 4.4.3;4.3 Graphene Plasmonic Coplanar Waveguide (GPCPW);41 4.4.4;4.4 Graphene Backed Graphene Plasmonic Coplanar Waveguide (GB-GPCPW);46 4.5;5 Examples of Graphene Plasmonic Waveguide Based THz Integrated Circuits;47 4.5.1;5.1 Gap Coupled Half Wave Resonator in GPCPW;47 4.5.2;5.2 Parallel Coupled Resonator Band-Pass Filter Using GPNSW;50 4.5.3;5.3 T-Junction Power Splitter Using GPNSW;52 4.5.4;5.4 Graphene Based Terahertz Tunable Plasmonic Directional Coupler;53 4.5.5;5.5 Graphene Based Phase Shifters;56 4.5.6;5.6 Graphene Terahertz Plasmon Oscillators;57 4.5.7;5.7 Graphene Based Nano-Patch Antenna;58 4.6;6 Conclusions;59 4.7;References;59 5;A Lithography-Free and Chemical-Free Route to Wafer-Scale Gold Nanoisland Arrays for SERS;62 5.1;1 Introduction;63 5.2;2 Wafer-Scale Gold Nanoisland Arrays;64 5.3;3 Experiment Description;66 5.4;4 Fabrication of Gold Nanoisland Arrays with Cyclic Deposition and Anneal;66 5.5;5 Gold Nanoisland Arrays for SERS;74 5.6;6 Summary;79 5.7;References;79 6;Comparative Study Between Different Plasmonic Materials and Nanostructures for Sensor and SERS Application;84 6.1;1 Introduction;85 6.2;2 FDTD Method;87 6.2.1;2.1 Simulation Methodology;88 6.3;3 Optical Properties of Noble Metallic Nanostructure;90 6.3.1;3.1 Size Dependent;90 6.3.2;3.2 Effect of Dielectric Medium;90 6.3.3;3.3 Structural Parameters;94 6.4;4 Field Enhancement;102 6.4.1;4.1 Metallic Nanosphere;103 6.4.2;4.2 Multilayer;105 6.4.3;4.3 Dimer Nanostructure;107 6.4.4;4.4 Multimer;108 6.5;5 Conclusion;111 6.6;References;112 7;Emerging Plasmon-Optical and -Electrical Effects in Organic Solar Cells: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study;116 7.1;1 Introduction;117 7.1.1;1.1 Working Principles of Organic Solar Cells;117 7.1.2;1.2 Theoretical Governing Equations of Organic Solar Cells;119 7.1.3;1.3 Surface Plasmon Polaritons;123 7.2;2 Plasmon-Enhanced OSCs;124 7.2.1;2.1 Plasmon-Optical Effects: LSPRs by Metal NPs;125 7.2.2;2.2 Plasmon-Optical Effects: PSPRs by Nano-Patterned Electrode;126 7.2.3;2.3 Plasmon-Optical Effects: Multiple Resonances;126 7.2.4;2.4 Plasmon-Electrical Effect;127 7.3;3 Design Rules for Multiple Resonances;127 7.3.1;3.1 Optimizations of the Patterned Electrode;129 7.3.2;3.2 Strategic Incorporation of Metal Nanoparticles;130 7.3.3;3.3 Experimental Realization of Cooperative Plasmonic Resonances;133 7.4;4 Simultaneously Plasmon-Optical and -Electrical Effects in Single OSC Device;135 7.4.1;4.1 Plasmon-Optical Effects: Excitations of Plasmonic Asymmetric Modes;137 7.4.2;4.2 Plasmon-Optical Effects: Energy Transfer;139 7.4.3;4.3 Plasmon-Electrical Effects: Redistributions of Exciton Generation Region;140 7.4.4;4.4 Experimental Realization of Plasmon-Optical and Electrical Effects;141 7.5;5 Conclusion;143 7.6;References;144 8;Tunable Plasmonic Properties of Nanoshells;148 8.1;1 Introduction;148 8.2;2 The Dielectric Function of the Metals;152 8.3;3 Optical Properties of the Core Shell Nanoparticles;156 8.4;4 Sensing Applications of the Bimetallic Core Shell Based on LSPR and SERS;166 8.5;References;172 9;Topological Hyperbolic and Dirac Plasmons;176 9.1;1 Introduction;176 9.1.1;1.1 Helmholtz Theory for Hyperbolic Materials with ME Effect;180 9.2;2 Optical Modes at a Single Interface;181 9.3;3 Optical Modes in a Slab Waveguide;185 9