Plasmonic enhancement of catalysis and solar energy conversion 

Surface plasmon resonant enhancement of photocatalysis 

Fabrication and application of plasmonic nanostructures: a story of nano-fingers 

Plasmonic excitations in quantum materials: topological insulators and metallic monolayers on dielectric substrates 

Electromagnetic modeling of plasmonic nanostructures 

Plasmon photoabsorption and surface ionization of metal nanoclusters 

Plasmons in quantum materials 

Hot carrier enhanced photocatalysis in plasmon resonant metal grating systems 

Obtaining insights into biomolecular interactions through surface plasmon resonance 

Coulomb interactions and superconductivity in low dimensional materials 

Thermoelectric and transport studies of low dimensional materials & hot electron-driven photocatalysis on plasmon-resonant grating nanostructures 

Development of hybrid optical microcavities for Plasmonic laser and improving biodetection 

Design and characterization of metal and semiconducting nanostructures and nanodevices 

Nanophotonic light management in thin film silicon photovoltaics 

In plane a & cross-plane thermoelectric characterizations of van der Waals heterostructures 

Targeted cell imaging by in-situ assembly and activation of hot spot SERS nanoprobes using split-fluorescent protein scaffolds 

Nonlinear optical nanomaterials in integrated photonic devices 

Atomic and molecular clusters at ultra-low temperature 

Resonant light-matter interactions in nanophotonic structures: for manipulating optical forces and thermal emission 

Designable nonlinear power shaping photonic surfaces 

Modeling graphene: magnetic, transport and optical properties 

Light-matter interactions in engineered microstructures: hybrid opto-thermal devices and infrared thermal emission control 

Hot carriers in bare metals and photocatalytically active defect sites in dielectric/metal structures 

Optoelectronic, thermoelectric, and photocatalytic properties of low dimensional materials 

Applications in optical communications: quantum communication systems and optical nonlinear device