Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a vibrational spectroscopy technique
with sensitivity down to the single molecule level that provides fine molecular fingerprints …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has become a powerful tool in chemical,
material and life sciences, owing to its intrinsic features (ie, fingerprint recognition …

We report the measurement of the thermal conductivity of a suspended single-layer
graphene. The room temperature values of the thermal conductivity in the …

Raman spectroscopy is increasingly being used in biology, forensics, diagnostics,
pharmaceutics and food science applications. This growth is triggered not only by …

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 ability to control the size, shape, and material of a surface has reinvigorated the field of
surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Because excitation of the localized surface …

Multiplexed detection of oligonucleotide targets has been performed with gold nanoparticle
probes labeled with oligonucleotides and Raman-active dyes. The gold nanoparticles …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an ultrasensitive vibrational spectroscopic
technique to detect molecules on or near the surface of plasmonic nanostructures, greatly …

The development of diagnostic and therapeutic nanoparticles for biomedical applications is
of broad current interest in science, engineering, and medicine. The fundamental basis is …

Gaining insight into the mode of operation of heterogeneous catalysts is of great scientific
and economic interest. Raman spectroscopy has proven its potential as a powerful …