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

When molecules are placed at the interface to metals or metal oxides, an increase in their
infrared (IR) spectral intensities is observed, a phenomenon termed surface-enhanced …

This review is focused on recent developments of surface-enhanced Raman scattering
(SERS) applications in Analytical Chemistry. The work covers advances in the fabrication …

Raman and infrared (IR) spectroscopy are powerful analytical techniques, but have
intrinsically low detection sensitivity. There have been three major steps (i) to advance the …

Metasurfaces provide opportunities for wavefront control, flat optics, and subwavelength light
focusing. We developed an imaging-based nanophotonic method for detecting mid-infrared …

Infrared (IR) plasmonic nanoantennas (PNAs) are powerful tools to identify molecules by the
IR fingerprint absorption from plasmon-molecules interaction. However, the sensitivity and …

The discovery of the enhancement of Raman scattering by molecules adsorbed on
nanostructured metal surfaces is a landmark in the history of spectroscopic and analytical …

Dielectric metasurfaces have emerged as a powerful platform for novel optical biosensors.
Due to their low optical loss and strong light–matter interaction, they demonstrate several …

Reliable fabrication of micro/nanostructures with sub-10 nm features is of great significance
for advancing nanoscience and nanotechnology. While the capability of current …

Infrared spectroscopy resolves the structure of molecules by detecting their characteristic
vibrational fingerprints. Subwavelength light confinement and nanophotonic enhancement …