Detection of heavy metal ions has drawn significant attention in environmental and food
area due to their threats to the human health and ecosystem. Colorimetry is one of the most …

Abstract Background Surface-enhanced Raman scattering/spectroscopy (SERS) is now
being extensively employed as a non-destructive and highly sensitive analytical tool …

Droplet microfluidics generates and manipulates discrete droplets through immiscible
multiphase flows inside microchannels. Due to its remarkable advantages, droplet …

Novel and improved biocatalysts are increasingly sourced from libraries via experimental
screening. The success of such campaigns is crucially dependent on the number of …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an ultrasensitive vibrational spectroscopic
technique to detect molecules on or near the surface of plasmonic nanostructures, greatly …

With the continuous development in nanoscience and nanotechnology, analytical
techniques like surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) render structural and …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) combines molecular fingerprint specificity
with potential single-molecule sensitivity. Therefore, the SERS technique is an attractive tool …

Heavy metal pollution is one of the most serious environmental problems, which undermines
global sustainability. Many efforts have been made to develop portable sensors for …

Bio-inspired polymeric nanochannel (also referred as nanopore)-based biosensors have
attracted considerable attention on account of their controllable channel size and shape …

Microdroplets in microfluidics offer a great number of opportunities in chemical and
biological research. They provide a compartment in which species or reactions can be …