Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensors are very powerful analytical tools for
the highly sensitive detection of chemical and biological molecules. Substantial efforts have …

Biomedicine and clinical practice are entering a new era in which nanotechnology plays a
core role. Plasmonic nanoparticles are most interesting in this regard, given the possibility of …

The liquid–liquid interface provides a molecularly sharp, defect-free focal plane for the
assembly of solid materials. In this article we discuss the various materials which have been …

Performance of portable technologies from mobile phones to electric vehicles is currently
limited by the energy density and lifetime of lithium batteries. Expanding the limits of battery …

Commercial products are now making use of the unique properties of nanoscale particles.
However, common challenges of making nanoparticles into products still limit their impact. In …

A smart and multifunctional paper-based SERS sensing card is generated through
patterning self-assembled interfacial arrays of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on the tip of an …

In this work, a robust and easy-to-handle strategy was developed to fabricate silver
nanoparticles (Ag NPs)-decorated filter paper as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy …

Objectives The spread of multidrug-resistant pathogens poses a major health threat. Silver
nanoparticles represent a new-class of antimicrobial agents. The aim of this study is the …

The use of different food additives and their active metabolites has been found to cause
serious problems to human health. Thus, considering the potential effects on human health …

A facile synthesis method was developed based on the seed-mediated growth to get the
narrow dispersed silver nanoparticles with controllable sizes ranging from 20 nm to larger …