Over the past few years, nanotechnology has been attracting considerable research
attention because of their outstanding mechanical, electromagnetic and optical properties …

Noble metals comprise any of several metallic chemical elements that are outstandingly
resistant to corrosion and oxidation, even at elevated temperatures. This group is not strictly …

The development of antimicrobial drug resistance among pathogenic bacteria and fungi is
one of the most significant health issues of the 21st century. Recently, advances in …

Organic pollutants' treatment in wastewater has attracted extensive attention due to its
degradation-resistance and potentially hazardous to human health. Some organic matters …

Hybrid functional materials, constituting both inorganic and organic components, are
considered potential platforms for applications in extremely diverse fields such as optics …

Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has become a mature vibrational
spectroscopic technique during the last decades and the number of applications in the …

In this paper, we review recent progress on colloidal growth of 2D nanocrystals. We identify
the four main sources of anisotropy which lead to the formation of plate-and sheet-like …

Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) imaging has emerged as a promising tool for
guided cancer diagnosis and synergistic therapies, such as combined chemotherapy and …