The interaction of exciton‐plasmon coupling and the conversion of exciton‐plasmon‐photon have been widely investigated experimentally and theoretically. In this review, we introduce the exciton‐plasmon interaction from basic principle to applications. There are two kinds of exciton‐plasmon coupling, which demonstrate different optical properties. The strong exciton‐plasmon coupling results in two new mixed states of light and matter separated energetically by a Rabi splitting that exhibits a characteristic anticrossing behavior of the exciton‐LSP energy tuning. Compared to strong coupling, such as surface‐enhanced Raman scattering, surface plasmon (SP)‐enhanced absorption, enhanced fluorescence, or fluorescence quenching, there is no perturbation between wave functions; the interaction here is called the weak coupling. SP resonance (SPR) arises from the collective oscillation induced by the electromagnetic field of light and can be used for investigating the interaction between light and matter beyond the diffraction limit. The study on the interaction between SPR and exaction has drawn wide attention since its discovery not only due to its contribution in deepening and broadening the understanding of SPR but also its contribution to its application in light‐emitting diodes, solar cells, low threshold laser, biomedical detection, quantum information processing, and so on.

The performance of chemical reactions has been enhanced immensely with surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based sensors. In this review, the principle and application of SPR sensors are introduced and summarized thoroughly. We introduce the mechanism of the SPR sensors and present a thorough summary about the optical design, including the substrate and excitation modes of the surface plasmons. Additionally, the applications based on SPR sensors are described by the Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy in plasmon-driven surface catalytic reactions and the measurement of refractive index sensing, especially.

Staircase superstructures of nanocuboids are achieved using two-stage droplet evaporation and SERS performances are demonstrated with layer dependency.

The Kondo effect offers an important paradigm to understand strongly correlated many-body physics. Although under intensive study, some of the important properties of the Kondo effect, in systems where both itinerant coupling and localized coupling play significant roles, are still elusive. Here we report the evolution and universality of the two-stage Kondo effect, the simplest form where both couplings are important using single molecule transistor devices incorporating Manganese phthalocyanine molecules. The Kondo temperature T* of the two-stage Kondo effect evolves linearly against effective interaction of involved two spins. Observed Kondo resonance shows universal quadratic dependence with all adjustable parameters: temperature, magnetic field and biased voltages. The difference in nonequilibrium conductance of two-stage Kondo effect to spin 1/2 Kondo effect is also identified. Messages learned in this study fill in directive experimental evidence of the evolution of two-stage Kondo resonance near a quantum phase transition point, and help in understanding sophisticated molecular electron spectroscopy in a strong correlation regime.

The sensitivity of Pd-loaded SnO₂ nanosphere sensor to H₂S gas: micro gas sensors based on Pd-loaded SnO₂ nanospheres have credible gas detection abilities down to 10 ppb and 4 orders of magnitude concentration detection ranges.