Preface	6
	Contents	8
	1 Introduction	11
	References	13
	2 Theory of Photo-Thermal Effects for Plasmonic Nanocrystals and Assemblies	15
	2.1 Introduction	15
	2.2 Optical Properties of Single Nanoparticles and Nanoparticle Clusters	16
	2.2.1 Mie Theory	17
	2.2.1.1 Quasistatic Approximation	18
	2.2.2 Effective Medium Theory	19
	2.2.3 Effect of Geometry of the System	20
	2.2.4 Effect of Nanoparticle Material and Its Surrounding Medium	22
	2.3 Optically Generated Heat Effects	23
	2.3.1 Single Spherical Nanoparticles	24
	2.3.1.1 Phase Transformations	26
	2.3.2 Ensemble of Nanoparticles	27
	2.3.3 Thermal Complexes with Hot Spots	28
	References	32
	3 Nanoscale Temperature Measurement Under Optical Illumination Using AlGaN:Er3+ Photoluminescence Nanothermometry	33
	3.1 Introduction	33
	3.2 AlGaN:Er3+ Photoluminescence Nanothermometry	33
	3.3 Experimental Details of AlGaN:Er3+ Photoluminescence Nanothermometry	35
	References	39
	4 Comparison of Nucleation Behavior of Surrounding Water Under Optical Excitation of Single Gold Nanostructure and Colloidal Solution	41
	4.1 Introduction	41
	4.2 Temperature Changes and Phase Transformation with Gold Nano-wrenches	41
	4.3 Dynamic Temperature Changes and Phase Transformation with Gold Nano-wrenches	42
	4.4 Temperature Measurements of Optically Excited Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles	45
	4.5 Temperature Measurements Probing Convection of the Liquid During Laser Excitation of a Colloidal Nanoparticle Solution	45
	References	48
	5 Effect of Ions and Ionic Strength on Surface Plasmon Extinction Properties of Single Plasmonic Nanostructures	49
	5.1 Introduction	49
	5.2 Measurement of Nanoscale Temperature Change on Optically Excited Gold Nanowires Using AlGaN:Er3+ Nanothermometry	50
	5.3 Dynamic Temperature Measurements on Single Gold Nanowire Using Flow Cell	52
	5.4 Model of Heat Transfer	52
	5.5 Absorption Measurements on Gold Nanoparticle(s)/ Gold Nanorod(s)	53
	5.6 Absorption and Temperature Measurements on a Same Gold Nanoparticle(s)	55
	5.7 Single Nanowire Dark-Field Scattering Measurements	56
	5.8 Single Nanoparticle(s) Emission Measurements	57
	5.9 Calculation of Absorption Cross Section of a Nanowire	57
	5.10 Langmuir Model of Charge Occupancy and Effect on Absorption Attenuation	59
	References	59
	6 Photothermal Heating Study Using Er2O3 Photoluminescence Nanothermometry	61
	6.1 Introduction	61
	6.2 Temperature Calibration of Erbium Oxide Photoluminescence	62
	6.3 Temperature Profile of Single Gold Nanodot	64
	6.4 Temperature Measurement Inside a Microbubble	68
	6.5 Drawbacks/Limitations of the Technique	69
	References	70
	7 Nanoscale Temperature Study of Plasmonic Nanoparticles Using NaYF4:Yb3+:Er3+ Upconverting Nanoparticles	72
	7.1 Introduction	72
	7.2 Temperature Calibration of NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ Nanocrystals Photoluminescence	72
	7.3 Characterization of NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ Nanocrystals	74
	7.4 Lifetime Study of NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ Nanocrystals	76
	References	80
	8 Near Field Nanoscale Temperature Measurement Using AlGaN:Er3+?Film via Photoluminescence Nanothermometry	82
	8.1 Introduction	82
	8.2 Characterization of NSOM Tip and Nanoparticles	83
	8.3 Sub Diffraction Near Field Photothermal Temperature Measurement	84
	8.4 Steady State Near Field Photothermal Heat Study	88
	8.4.1 Estimation of Cluster Radius (Rc) from Thermal Profile	89
	8.5 Comparison Between Estimation of Cluster Radius (Rc) from Thermal Profile, AFM, and Changes on Er3+ Luminescence Intensity	90
	8.6 Two Laser Steady State Data Collection Experiment	91
	8.7 Scaling Law in Near Field Photothermal Heat Dissipation	92
	References	95