Since 2000, there has been an explosion of activity in the field of plasmon-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy (PERS), including surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), tip …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has become a powerful tool in chemical,
material and life sciences, owing to its intrinsic features (ie, fingerprint recognition …

The use of Raman spectroscopy for carbon nanotube applications is presented here as a
tutorial review. After introducing the relevant basic aspects of Raman spectroscopy of …

Core–shell nanoparticles are at the leading edge of the hot research topics and offer a wide
range of applications in optics, biomedicine, environmental science, materials, catalysis …

Surface plasmons are coherent and collective electron oscillations confined at the dielectric–
metal interface. Benefitting from the inherent subwavelength nature of spatial profile, surface …

Single-molecule (SM) surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and tip-enhanced
Raman spectroscopy (TERS) have emerged as analytical techniques for characterizing …

Nanoplastic is an emerging topic of relevance in environmental science. The analytical
methods for microplastic have a particle size limit of a few micrometers so that new methods …

Fluorescence spectroscopy with strong emitters is a remarkable tool with ultra-high
sensitivity for detection and imaging down to the single-molecule level. Plasmon-enhanced …

The excitation of surface plasmons (SPs)—collective oscillation of conduction-band
electrons in nanostructures—can afford photon, electron and heat energy redistribution over …

Plasmon-assisted chemistry is the result of a complex interplay between electromagnetic
near fields, heat and charge transfer on the nanoscale. The disentanglement of their roles is …