The extremely small size of micro-/nanomaterials limits the application of conventional thermal measurement methods using a contact heating source or probing sensor. Therefore, non-contact thermal measurement methods are preferable in micro-/nanoscal...
Chirality, a lack of mirror symmetry, is present in nature at all scales; at the nanoscale, it governs the biochemical reactions of many molecules, influencing their pharmacology and toxicity. Chiral substances interact with left and right circularly...
Photothermal techniques are infrared remote sensing techniques that have been used for biomedical applications, as well as industrial non-destructive testing (NDT). Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence, which includes a set of algo...
Solar collectors are more efficient and commercial devices for collecting solar energy, compared to other solar energy utilizations. To improve the efficiency of solar collectors, it is important to prepare a liquid heat-collecting medium, which is s...
Absolute measurement of residual absorption in optical coatings is steadily becoming more important in thin film characterization, in particular with respect to high power laser applications. A summary is given on the current ability of the laser ind...
This study investigates the dynamics of thermal plumes interacting with the liquid–air interface in straight-chain alcohols and their mixtures using a photothermal imaging technique based on thermal lensing. This method enables the indirect mea...
Photothermal spectroscopy (PTS) is a technique used for determining the composition of liquids, solids and gases. In PTS, the sample is illuminated with a radiation source, and the thermal response of the analyte (e.g., refractive index) is analyzed...
Photothermal materials often prioritize solar absorption while neglecting thermal radiation losses, which diminishes thermal radiation conversion efficiency. This study addresses this gap by introducing a germanium (Ge) subwavelength structure (SWS)...
This paper is a review of recent applications of a laser photothermal mirage technique for sensing and measuring the thermal resistance of joint layers in modern electronic devices. A straightforward theoretical model of the interfacial thermal resis...
This article presents the results of comparative investigations of thermal parameters of hybrid sol–gel coatings (named TMZ) prepared from tetraethyl orthosilicate and organically modified 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane. The coatings were...
A new photopyroelectric detection configuration is proposed in order to measure the thermal effusivity of porous solids. Compared with the previously reported detection scheme this configuration makes use of a transparent window in front of the pyroe...
Vegetable oils are considered to be eco-friendly and to offer good lubricant properties; however, their low thermo-oxidative stability makes their use as a lubricant base challenging. In this research, sunflower, almond, and rapeseed vegetable oils w...
Photothermal therapy is a new chemotherapy technique using photothermal effects, a phenomenon in which light energy is converted into thermal energy. Since the treatment technique is performed without surgical incision, it does not cause bleeding and...
Detecting subsurface defects in optical components has always been challenging. This study utilizes laser scattering and photothermal weak absorption techniques to detect surface and subsurface nano-damage precursors of single-crystal silicon compone...
The photothermal effect refers to a phenomenon in which light energy is converted into heat energy, and in the medical field, therapeutics based on this phenomenon are used for anticancer treatment. A new treatment technique called photothermal thera...
Solar energy, the most promising renewable energy, suffers from intermittency and discontinuity. Phase change material (PCM)-based energy storage technology can mitigate this issue and substantially improve the utilization efficiency of solar energy....
Recently, photothermal therapy has attracted attention as an alternative treatment to conventional surgical techniques because it does not lead to bleeding and patients quickly recover after treatment compared to incisional surgery. Photothermal ther...
The thermal parameters of polybutyl methacrylate–siloxane (PBMA–siloxane) coatings annealed at different temperatures were investigated by means of nondestructive techniques such as Photothermal Radiometry in the frequency domain and freq...
Two key concerns exist in contemporary cancer chemotherapy: limited therapeutic efficiency and substantial side effects in patients. In recent years, researchers have been investigating the revolutionary cancer treatment techniques of photodynamic th...
Among the noncontact measurement technologies used to acquire thermal property information, those that use the photothermal effect are attracting attention. However, it is difficult to perform measurements for new materials with different optical and...
In this study, a photothermal interferometer was developed, based on a folded-Jamin polarization instrument with refractive-index sensitive configuration, in order to characterize light-absorbing aerosols. The feasibility of our interferometric techn...
Photothermal radiometry is an infrared remote sensing technique that has been used for skin and skin appendages research, in the areas of skin hydration, hydration gradient, skin hydration depth profiling, skin thickness measurements, skin pigmentati...
This review summarizes recent advances in leveraging localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) nanotechnology for sensitive cancer biomarker detection. LSPR arising from noble metal nanoparticles under light excitation enables the enhancement of var...
The development of new effective cancer treatment methods has attracted much attention, mainly due to the limited efficacy and considerable side effects of currently used cancer treatment methods such as radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Phototherm...
Photothermal therapy (PTT) is one of the rapidly developing methods for cancer treatment based on the strong light-to-heat conversion by nanoparticles. Over the past decade, the palette of photonic materials has expanded drastically, and nanoparticle...
Prussian blue (PB) is a coordination polymer studied since the early 18th century, historically known as a pigment. PB can be prepared in colloidal form with a straightforward synthesis. It has a strong charge-transfer absorption centered at ~700 nm,...
Imaging living cells by atomic force microscopy (AFM) promises not only high-resolution topographical data, but additionally, mechanical contrast, both of which are not obtainable with other microscopy techniques. Such imaging is however challenging,...
Photothermally-heated polymer-based superparamagnetic nanocomposite (SNC) implants have the potential to overcome limitations of the conventional inductively-heated ferromagnetic metallic alloy implants for interstitial thermotherapy (IT). This paper...
Photothermal therapy has always been a very attractive anti-cancer strategy, drawing a lot of attention thanks to its excellent performance as a non-invasive and pretty safe technique. Lately, nanostructures have become the main characters of the pla...
One promising approach to achieving sustainable energy while simultaneously addressing various environmental issues is to utilize solar-driven transformation of the greenhouse gas CO2 into valuable chemical fuels. The main obstacle in achieving this...
Photothermal therapy is a treatment technique that has attracted attention as an alternative to conventional surgical techniques. It is based on the photothermal effect, wherein light energy is converted into thermal energy, and facilitates rapid rec...
Two key concerns exist in contemporary cancer chemotherapy in clinics: limited therapeutic efficiency and substantial side effects in patients. In recent years, researchers have been investigating revolutionary cancer treatment techniques and photo-t...
Graphene-based nanomaterials (GBNMs), specifically graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO), have shown great potential in cancer therapy owing to their physicochemical properties. As GO and rGO strongly absorb light in the near-infrared...
This paper presents a photothermal spectroscopy technique that effectively images convective heat flow in molecular liquids resulting from localized laser-induced heating. The method combines aspects of thermal lensing and photothermal deflection. A...
In oncology, tremendous research has been conducted on the use of alternative minimally invasive techniques for cancer treatment and diagnosis. The use of biophotonic techniques as a standalone treatment or together with conventional imaging techniqu...
Zero liquid discharge (ZLD) is a technique for treating high-salinity brine to obtain freshwater and/or salt using a solar interface evaporator. However, salt accumulation on the surface of the evaporator is a big challenge to maintaining stable wate...
In this study, a shape-changeable 3D scaffold with photothermal effects was developed to address the clinical challenges of complex bone defects. The multifunctional construct was fabricated via in situ polymerization combined with a gas foaming tech...
Traditional infrared thermography (IRT) techniques can only provide two-dimensional (2D) projections of surface temperatures, and it is difficult to intuitively present the surface profile of the three-dimensional (3D) structure and the spatial distr...
A crystal quartz tuning fork (QTF) was used as a detector to collect and amplify laser-induced photoacoustic and photothermal waves simultaneously for trace chemical analysis. A wavelength modulation technique was applied to the proposed quartz-enhan...
Interfacial solar water evaporation has emerged as an effective technique for converting solar energy to thermal energy, which can then be applied to clean water production and sewage treatment. This review discusses the primary characterization tech...
Photothermal therapy (PTT) using biocompatible nanomaterials have recently attracted much attention as a novel candidate technique for cancer therapy. In this work we report the performance of newly synthesized multidentate chitosan oligosaccharide m...
In this review, the emerging work using a technique known as modulated photothermal radiometry (MPTR) is evaluated. As MPTR has matured, the previous discussions on theory and modeling have become increasingly limited in their applicability to the cu...
Photothermal therapy operated in the second near-infrared (NIR-II, 1000–1700 nm) window and fluorescence imaging in the NIR-IIb (1500–1700 nm) region have become the most promising techniques in phototheranostics. Their combination enable...
Solar thermal selective coatings (STSCs) are crucial for enhancing the thermal efficiency of receivers in solar power applications. Enhancing the photothermal conversion performance of STSCs is crucial for improving the thermo-economic efficiency of...
Alginates have been widely explored due to their salient advantages of hydrophilicity, biocompatibility, mucoadhesive features, bioavailability, environmentally-benign properties, and cost-effectiveness. They are applied for designing micro- and nano...
Phase change metasurfaces based on VO2, which are pre-heated with electric current and optically addressed by projected structured light hologram, are considered to become a new paradigm in programmed THz/middle IR flat optics. Macroscopic quasi-homo...
Biomimetic nanoparticles hold great promise for photonic-mediated nanomedicine due to the association of the biological functionality of the membrane with the physical/chemical goals of organic/inorganic structures, but studies involving fluorescent...
Membrane distillation is a growing technology that can address the growing problem of water shortage. The implementation of renewable energy and a reduction in the environmental impact of membrane production could improve the sustainability of this p...
In this study, we investigated the changes in the molecular structure of polyaniline (PANI) nanoparticles illuminated by a proton beam using terahertz (THz) thermal spectroscopy based on the terahertz time-domain spectroscopy technique. PANI nanopart...
Nanoparticles have been widely used in cancer diagnostics and treatment research due to their unique properties. Magnetic nanoparticles are popular in imaging techniques due to their ability to alter the magnetization field around them. Plasmonic nan...
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