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Supervisor's Foreword; Abstract; Parts of this thesis have been published in the following journal articles:; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Introduction to Plasmonics, Templated Electrochemical Synthesis, and On-Wire Lithography; 1.1 Motivation and Introduction; 1.2 Plasmonic Properties of Metal Nanoparticles; 1.3 Electrochemical Synthesis of One-Dimensional Structures in Templates; 1.3.1 Single and Multisegmented Nanowire Synthesis; 1.3.2 On-Wire Lithography; References.
2 1D Nanowire Synthesis: Extending the OWL Toolbox with Semiconductors to Explore Plasmon-Exciton Interactions in the Form of Long-Range Optical Nanoscale Rulers2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Results and Discussion; 2.3 Conclusions; 2.4 Methods and Materials; 2.4.1 Materials and Instruments; 2.4.2 Nanowire Synthesis; 2.4.3 Discrete Dipole Approximation Simulations; References; 3 Hybrid Semiconductor Core-Shell Nanowires with Tunable Plasmonic Nanoantennas; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Results and Discussion; 3.3 Conclusions; 3.4 Methods and Materials; 3.4.1 Materials and Instruments; 3.4.2 Nanowire Synthesis.
3.4.3 Electrical Characterization3.4.4 Finite-Difference Time-Domain Simulations; References; 4 2D Nanowire Synthesis: Invention of Coaxial Lithography; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Results and Discussion; 4.3 Conclusions; 4.4 Methods and Materials; 4.4.1 Materials and Instruments; 4.4.2 Nanowire Synthesis; 4.4.3 Electrical Characterization; 4.4.4 Finite-Difference Time-Domain Simulations; 4.4.5 Elemental Mapping; References; 5 Solution Dispersible Metal Nanorings: Independent Control of Architectural Parameters and Materials Generality; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Results and Discussion; 5.3 Conclusions.
5.4 Methods and Materials5.4.1 Materials and Instruments; 5.4.2 Nanoring Synthesis; References; 6 Conclusions and Outlook on Templated Electrochemical Synthesis Using Coaxial Lithography; 6.1 Conclusions; 6.2 Light-Matter Interactions; 6.2.1 Synthesis of Plasmonic Nanostructures Within and Around Semiconductor Nanowires; 6.2.2 Use of COAL Enabled Structures in Photocurrent Mapping Studies; 6.2.3 Integration of Plasmonic Structures Within Core-Shell Semiconductor Nanowires that Do not Block the Electron-Hole Flow; 6.2.4 Synthesis of Complex Metal Nanostructures for Plasmonics Studies.
6.3 Nanoparticle Assembly6.4 Semiconductor Device Applications; 6.5 Nanowire Biomimetic Probe Preparation; 6.6 Photocatalysis; References; CURRICULUM VITAE.
2 1D Nanowire Synthesis: Extending the OWL Toolbox with Semiconductors to Explore Plasmon-Exciton Interactions in the Form of Long-Range Optical Nanoscale Rulers2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Results and Discussion; 2.3 Conclusions; 2.4 Methods and Materials; 2.4.1 Materials and Instruments; 2.4.2 Nanowire Synthesis; 2.4.3 Discrete Dipole Approximation Simulations; References; 3 Hybrid Semiconductor Core-Shell Nanowires with Tunable Plasmonic Nanoantennas; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Results and Discussion; 3.3 Conclusions; 3.4 Methods and Materials; 3.4.1 Materials and Instruments; 3.4.2 Nanowire Synthesis.
3.4.3 Electrical Characterization3.4.4 Finite-Difference Time-Domain Simulations; References; 4 2D Nanowire Synthesis: Invention of Coaxial Lithography; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Results and Discussion; 4.3 Conclusions; 4.4 Methods and Materials; 4.4.1 Materials and Instruments; 4.4.2 Nanowire Synthesis; 4.4.3 Electrical Characterization; 4.4.4 Finite-Difference Time-Domain Simulations; 4.4.5 Elemental Mapping; References; 5 Solution Dispersible Metal Nanorings: Independent Control of Architectural Parameters and Materials Generality; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Results and Discussion; 5.3 Conclusions.
5.4 Methods and Materials5.4.1 Materials and Instruments; 5.4.2 Nanoring Synthesis; References; 6 Conclusions and Outlook on Templated Electrochemical Synthesis Using Coaxial Lithography; 6.1 Conclusions; 6.2 Light-Matter Interactions; 6.2.1 Synthesis of Plasmonic Nanostructures Within and Around Semiconductor Nanowires; 6.2.2 Use of COAL Enabled Structures in Photocurrent Mapping Studies; 6.2.3 Integration of Plasmonic Structures Within Core-Shell Semiconductor Nanowires that Do not Block the Electron-Hole Flow; 6.2.4 Synthesis of Complex Metal Nanostructures for Plasmonics Studies.
6.3 Nanoparticle Assembly6.4 Semiconductor Device Applications; 6.5 Nanowire Biomimetic Probe Preparation; 6.6 Photocatalysis; References; CURRICULUM VITAE.