Pesticides directly pollute the environment and contaminate foods ultimately being absorbed
by the human body. Their residues contain highly toxic substances that have been found to …

Background The irrational usage of chemical substances including pesticides and drugs in
agricultural and food production is a significant food safety issue due to its residues …

The bio-sensing for the convenient detection of bacteria has been widely explored with the
use of various sensing materials and techniques. It is still a challenge to achieve an …

A new, novel, rapid method to detect and direct readout of drugs in human urine has been
developed using dynamic surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (D-SERS) with portable …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a vibrational spectroscopy technique that
enables specific identification of target analytes with sensitivity down to the single-molecule …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has been demonstrated to be an excellent
analytical tool for a wide range of research and practical applications owing to its ability to …

This review recounts recent developments in Raman spectroscopy with regards to forensic
science. Topics covered in this manuscript include: chemometrics, controlled substances …

Ultrasensitive detection of chemicals and biological analytes in trace or single molecular
level is highly desirable in both scientific and technological fields, eg, analytical chemistry …

We present a general route for the transfer of Au and Ag nanoparticles of different shapes
and sizes, from water into various organic solvents. The experimental conditions for each …

The rapid increase in illicit drug use and its adverse health effects and socio-economic
consequences have reached alarming proportions in recent years. Surface-enhanced …