Infrared spectroscopy is a powerful tool widely used in research and industry for a label-free
and unambiguous identification of molecular species. Inconveniently, its application to …

Nanoscale materials have unique properties that make them especially useful for
biomedical diagnostic applications. Recent developments in nanoengineering have resulted …

This paper reviews fundamentals of optical affinity biosensors based on plasmonic
nanostructures and discusses recent advances in the development of this technology …

Metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF) is a unique phenomenon of surface plasmons, where
light interacts with the metallic nanostructures and produces electromagnetic fields to …

Based on the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of metallic nanoparticles,
plasmonic nanosensors have emerged as a powerful tool for biosensing applications. Many …

Water reduction under two different visible-light ranges (λ> 400 nm and λ> 435 nm) was
investigated in gold-loaded titanium dioxide (Au-TiO2) heterostructures with different sizes of …

A systematic study of the mechanisms of Au nanoparticle/TiO2-catalyzed photoreduction of
CO2 and water vapor is carried out over a wide range of wavelengths. When the photon …

This chapter provides an overview of techniques designed for the creation of Surface-
enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) hot spots both in solution and on solid supports. It …

Conventional laboratory techniques exhibit impressive sensing performance and still
constitute an irreplaceable tool in bioanalytics. Nevertheless, high costs, time consumption …

The optical properties of various nanostructures have been widely adopted for biological
detection, from DNA sequencing to nano-scale single molecule biological function …