The development of SERS detection technology is challenged by the difficulty in obtaining
SERS active substrates that are easily prepared, highly sensitive, and reliable. Many high …

Silver nanowires (AgNWs) as a promising surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)
substrate could be used in the analytical science due to its high sensitivity. However, it is …

Silver nanowires (AgNWs) were chemically etched to significantly increase the surface
roughness and then self-assembled on the liquid/gas interfaces via the interfacial assembly …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) systems utilizing the interparticle nanogaps as
hot spots have demonstrated ultrasensitive single-molecule detection with excellent …

A simple method for improving surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) performance of
aligned silver nanorod (Ag NR) array was investigated. This method was to construct a kind …

Metal nanostructure arrays with large amounts of nano-gaps are important for surface
enhanced Raman scattering applications, though the fabrications of such nanostructures are …

For surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates, complexity of the fabrication
process, sensitivity and stability are factors that need to be considered. We report a simple …

Strong enhancement and good reproducibility in Raman signals are two major requirements
for a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate to be used for sensitive …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has attracted great attention due to its high
sensitivity and specificity in the detection of a variety of molecules. Recently, much effort has …

The effective number of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) active hot spots on
plasmonic nanostructures is the most crucial factor in ensuring high sensitivity in SERS …