Anisotropic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have very important and unique applications in a
wide range of fields, including optical sensing, biomedicine, and chemical catalysis, among …

Aptamers have gained an increasing role as the molecular recognition element (MRE) in
diagnostic assay development, since their first conception thirty years ago. The process to …

We report a novel colorimetric biosensor based on non-aggregation Au@ Ag core-shell
nanoparticles to detect methamphetamine and cocaine. The biosensor consisted of a …

In this work, we have focused on the profiling of 5647 street samples covering marijuana,
common and new recreational illicit drugs. All samples were analyzed using gas …

Organic–inorganic hybrid nanomaterials offer extremely valuable tools for monitoring many
types of analytes in solution. Within this framework, aptamer-based nanomaterials for heavy …

The abuse of illicit drugs usually associated with dramatic crimes may cause significant
problems for the whole society. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been …

In recent years, nanomaterials have become a rapidly develo** material technology due
to their numerous advantages (eg, high surface area, tunable surface structures, and …

The consumption of illicit drugs has increased exponentially in recent years and has
become a problem that worries both governments and international institutions. The rapid …

Competitive reactions, on the surface of plasmonic nanostructures, allow exploiting SERS
signals for quantitative Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. As an example, the concentration of …

There have been many efforts to synthesize advanced materials that are capable of real-
time specific recognition of a molecular target, and allow the quantification of a variety of …