Nanostructures have attracted huge interest as a rapidly growing class of materials for many
applications. Several techniques have been used to characterize the size, crystal structure …

In recent years, bioanalytical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has
blossomed into a fast-growing research area. Owing to its high sensitivity and outstanding …

The SERS effect was initially discovered in the 1970s. Early research focused on
understanding the phenomenon and increasing enhancement to achieve single molecule …

Recently, silver nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted significant attention for being highly
desirable nanomaterials in scientific studies as a result of their extraordinary characteristics …

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 …

Quantitative surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) requires precise control of
Raman enhancement factor and detection uniformity across the SERS substrate. Here, we …

In the last two decades, plasmonic resonance in metallic nanoparticles (Au, Ag NPs) has
created intensive research efforts in nanoscale optics, photonics and sensors. When light …

Colloidal synthesis offers a route to nanoparticles (NPs) with controlled composition and
structural features. This Perspective describes the use of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) to …

Abstract π-Conjugated organic semiconductors have been explored in several
optoelectronic devices, yet their use in molecular detection as surface-enhanced Raman …

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