Nanophotonic devices, which control light in subwavelength volumes and enhance light–
matter interactions, have opened up exciting prospects for biosensing. Numerous …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a vibrational spectroscopy technique
with sensitivity down to the single molecule level that provides fine molecular fingerprints …

The leather industry holds a significant place in the global economy, yet the scarcity of raw
hides and skins, growing ethical concern, competitive leather substitutes and regulation of …

Plasmon-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (PERS), including surface-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy, shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and tip-enhanced …

Recently, there has been a growing interest in metal nanoparticles, particularly silver
nanoparticles (Ag-NPs), due to their distinct physicochemical, biological, and antimicrobial …

The recent rise of plasmonic materials for solar-to-chemical energy conversion places a
focus on the mechanisms associated with charge and energy flow at the metal–molecule …

Molecular junctions are building blocks for constructing future nanoelectronic devices that
enable the investigation of a broad range of electronic transport properties within nanoscale …

The inherent discontinuity and unique dimensional attributes of nanomaterial surfaces and
interfaces bestow them with various exceptional properties. These properties, however, also …

Slippery surfaces can enrich analytes from solutions into tiny dots after solvent evaporation
for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection. Here, we make the self …

Conventional cancer treatments, such as surgical resection, radiotherapy, and
chemotherapy, have achieved significant progress in cancer therapy. Nevertheless, some …