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

Nucleic acids, including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), are
natural biopolymers composed of nucleotides that store, transmit, and express genetic …

The sensing of bioactive molecules based on photochemical techniques has become one of
the fastest-growing scientific fields. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a highly …

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 …

In recent years, bioanalytical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has
blossomed into a fast-growing research area. Owing to its high sensitivity and outstanding …

Direct, label-free detection of unmodified DNA is a great challenge for DNA analyses.
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a promising tool for DNA analyses by …

The ability to detect multiple disease-related targets from a single biological sample in a
quick and reliable manner is of high importance in diagnosing and monitoring disease. The …

In vitro biosensors have been an integral component for early diagnosis of cancer in the
clinic. Among them, no-wash biosensors, which only depend on the simple mixing of the …

Plasmonics is an emerging field that examines the interaction between light and metallic
nanostructures at the metal-dielectric interface. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) generates molecularly specific fingerprints of
analytes and when the experimental conditions are carefully controlled this is highly …