本书通过阐述表面等离激元基本原理和光催化理论模型，结合经典研究案例展示，深入浅出地介绍了等离激元光催化的原理、应用及发展前景。首先从电磁场基本原理出发，简要介绍了材料的电磁性质、表面等离激元、等离激元弛豫等背景知识，其中重点介绍了等离激元近场增强、热电子和热效应诱导光催化原理和模型。其次从实验测量和理论计算出发，展示了等离激元光催化在分子和材料等领域的应用，主要围绕表面分子反应、水解离及相变、微纳材料生长三个方面的应用展开。本书将深化读者对近场光与纳米物质相互作用的理解，拓展纳米光子学原理及应用方面的认识。
本书适用于有光学相关研究经历的研究生和科研工作者，以及有电磁理论基础的物理学本科生，可作为物理、材料及化学等学科的研究生公共课程，以及光学和光学工程等学科的专业课程教材。

Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 Electromagnetic Properties of Materials
2.1 Electromagnetic properties of the materials
2.2 Electromagnetic wave propagation
2.3 The dielectric function of Drude model
2.4 Dielectric function of Drude-Lorentz model
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Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Surface Plasmons
3.1 Surface plasmon polaritons
3.1.1 Properties of surface plasmon polaritons
3.1.2 Excitation of surface plasmon polaritons
3.2 Localized surface plasmons
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Chapter 4 Surface Plasmon Relaxation Effects
4.1 Energy distribution of free electrons
4.1.1 Sommerfeld free-electron model
4.1.2 The momentum and energy of free electrons in metal materials
4.1.3 The statistical distribution of free electrons in metallic materials
4.2 Plasmon-induced hot electrons
4.3 Thermal effect of surface plasmons
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Chapter 5 Principles of Plasmon-Driven Photocatalysis
5.1 Local field-effect-driven photocatalysis
5.2 Hot-electron-driven photocatalysis
5.2.1 Indirect electron transfer
5.2.2 Direct electron transfer
5.3 Plasmon-exciton co-driven photocatalysis
5.4 Thermal-effect-driven photocatalysis
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Chapter 6 Measurement and Analysis of Plasmon-Driven Photocatalysis
6.1 Design of surface plasmon structures
6.2 Measurement by chromatography and electron microscopy
6.3 Analytical methods for Raman spectra
6.4 Analytical methods of surface-plasmon-enhanced spectra
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Chapter 7 Plasmon-Driven Catalysis of Molecular Reactions
7.1 Gas dissociation catalytic reactions
7.2 Surface molecular catalytic reactions
7.3 Single-molecule catalytic reactions
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Chapter 8 Water Decomposition and Phase Transition of Plasmon-Driven Photocatalysis
8.1 Water splitting
8.2 Seawater desalination
8.3 Steam sterilization
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Chapter 9 Plasmon-Driven Catalysis of Material Growth
9.1 Growth of metal structures
9.2 Growth of polymers
9.3 Growth of crystal
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