Most volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are toxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic, and can
have serious effects on human health and the ecological environment. Therefore, the …

MicroRNAs are a class of reliable biomarkers for noninvasive detection of a variety of
diseases, including cancers. This is because miRNA, especially exosome miRNAs, can …

There is a critical need for sensitive and rapid detection technologies utilizing molecular
biotargets such as microRNAs (miRNAs), which regulate gene expression and are a …

The emergence of plasmonic nanostars with their attractive properties and unique versatility
has enabled a wide range of advanced technologies critical to human health, safety, energy …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in biological processes in plants, such as stress
resistance, yet can hardly be quantified by an enzyme-involved terminal polymerization …

Precision medicine that takes individual variability into account is a new way to minimize the
individual variability for precise diagnosis and to establish the certain strategies of efficient …

Gold nanostars, functionalized with thiolated DNA hairpins bearing a Raman-active
fluorescent dye at the 3′ terminus, were engineered to identify and quantify RNA mutations …

The research in the field of optical biosensors is continuously expanding, thanks both to the
introduction of brand new technologies and the ingenious use of established methods. A …

This review introduces a micro-integrated device of microfluidics and fiber-optic sensors for
on-site detection, which can detect certain or several specific components or their amounts …

In this work, we present an overview of the development and application of surface‐
enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and plasmonic nanoplatforms developed in our …