Pesticides are essential in modern agricultural practices. Detection of pesticides is an
essential step in regulating and monitoring the levels of pesticides in the environment. Even …

Gold nanoparticles have been used in biomedical applications since their first colloidal
syntheses more than three centuries ago. However, over the past two decades, their …

Rapid, sensitive, on-site identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections is an important tool in the
control and management of COVID-19. We have developed a surface-enhanced Raman …

Because of the widespread use of metallic nanoparticles in biology, pharmaceuticals, and
medicine, biosynthesis methods are being considered to prepare these nanoparticles …

For biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles different parts of a plant are used as they contain
metabolites such as alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, terpenoids, alcohols, sugars and …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a rapid detection method with high
sensitivity and simple pretreatment, but can be affected by interference from matrix …

The unique optical properties of plasmon resonant nanostructures enable exploration of
nanoscale environments using relatively simple optical characterization techniques. For this …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a very promising tool for the direct detection
of biomarkers for the diagnosis of ie, cancer and pathogens. Yet, current SERS strategies …

West Nile virus (WNV) is a positive-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family,
a large family with 3 main genera (flavivirus, hepacivirus and pestivirus). Among these …

In 2010 there has again been an increase in the number of papers published involving
piezoelectric acoustic sensors, or quartz crystal microbalances (QCM), when compared to …