Recent advances in plasmonic probes : theory and practice This book gives a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in both theory and practical implementation of plasmonic probes. Encompassing multiple disciplines the field of plasmonics provides a versatile and flexible platform for nanoscale sensing and imaging. Despite being a relatively young field plasmonic probes have come a long way with applications in chemical biological civil and architectural fields as well as enabling many analytical schemes such as immunoassay biomarkers environmental indexing and water quality sensing to name but a few. The objective of the book is to present in depth analysis of the theory and applications of novel probes based on plasmonics with a broad selection of specially invited chapters on the development fabrication functionalization and implementation of plasmonic probes as well as their integration with current technologies and future outlook. This book is designed to cater to the needs of novice seasoned researchers and practitioners in academia and industry as well as medical and environmental fields. Chapter 1. Fundamentals of Plasma Oscillation Chapter 2. Theory of Plasmonic Probes Chapter 3. An analytic overview of equations of substantial state in plasmonic perspective Chapter 4. Plasmonics Studies for Molecular Scale Optoelectronics Chapter 5. Aluminum: a sustainable universal plasmonic materials Chapter 6. Surface plasmon resonance biosensors based on Kretschmann configuration: basic instrumentation and applications Chapter 7. Plasmonic nanoprobes for SERS based theranostics applications Chapter 8. 2D Nanomaterials based Surface Plasmon Resonance probes for Biosensing applications Chapter 9. Plasmonic sensors: an insight into fundamentals compositions and applications Chapter 10. Improved biosensor device to diagnose malaria based on one dimensional photonic crystal Chapter 11. U Bent Fiber Optic Plasmonic Sensors: Fundamentals Applications Challenges and Future Directions Chapter 12. An appraisal on Plasmonic Heating of Nanostructures Chapter 13. Plasmonic nanoparticles for polarization sensitive analytical techniques Chapter 14. Synthesis conjugation and applications of chiral nanoparticles as plasmonic probes Chapter 15. Plasmonic optical imaging of biological samples Chapter 16. Deep Tissue High Resolution and Background free Imaging with Plasmonic SAX microscopy Chapter 17. Microfluidic Plasmonic Sensors: Theory and Applications Chapter 18. Polyoxometalate based composite materials in sensing applications Chapter 19. Plasmonic Random Lasers.