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 …

We have recently witnessed a major improvement in the quality of nanoparticles encoded
with Raman-active molecules (SERS tags). Such progress relied mainly on a major …

Synthesis, characterization, and applications of colloidal nanoparticles have been a
prominent topic of current research interests within the last two decades. Available reports in …

Several synthesis techniques have emerged for the preparation of chiral metal nanoparticles
(NPs) with intrinsic chiral geometrical structures and high optical activity. Chiral plasmonic …

The assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles into ordered 2D-and 3D-superlattices could pave
the way towards new tailored materials for plasmonic sensing, photocatalysis and …

Labeled nanoparticles have attracted much interest toward applications in bioimaging and
diagnostics. In particular, surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanotags have been …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has become a widely used spectroscopic
technique for chemical identification, providing unbeaten sensitivity down to the single …

This report aims to provide the audience with a guideline for construction and
characterisation of nanobiosensors that are based on widely used affinity probes including …

Self-assembly at water–oil interfaces has been shown to be a cheap, convenient and
efficient route to obtain densely packed layers of plasmonic nanoparticles which have small …

Many of the features of SERS, such as its high sensitivity, molecular specificity and speed of
analysis make it attractive as an analytical technique. However, SERS currently remains a …