Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS)
have opened a variety of exciting research fields. However, although a vast number of …

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

Driven by applications in chemical sensing, biological imaging and material
characterisation, Raman spectroscopies are attracting growing interest from a variety of …

Creating functional electrical circuits using individual or ensemble molecules, often termed
as “molecular-scale electronics”, not only meets the increasing technical demands of the …

By exploiting the extremely large effective cross sections (10− 17–10− 16 cm 2/molecule)
available from surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), we achieved the first …

Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful vibrational spectroscopy
technique that allows for highly sensitive structural detection of low concentration analytes …

Core–shell nanoparticles are at the leading edge of the hot research topics and offer a wide
range of applications in optics, biomedicine, environmental science, materials, catalysis …

Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …

The early detection of cancer can significantly reduce cancer mortality and saves lives. Thus,
a great deal of effort has been devoted to the exploration of new technologies to detect early …

This tutorial review presents an introduction to the field of noble metal nanoparticles and
their current applications. The origin of the surface plasmon resonance and synthesis …