Surface and interfaces play key roles in heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry and
photo (electro) chemistry. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) combines plasmon …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials have been one of the most extensively studied
classes of modern materials, due to their astonishing chemical, optical, electronic, and …

Protein chips are widely used for high-throughput proteomic analysis, but to date, the low
sensitivity and narrow dynamic range have limited their capabilities in diagnostics and …

The photophysical parameters for the sensitization of metal-centred luminescence are
analyzed in two series of complexes with tridentate and hexadentate ligands having NxOy …

Fluorescence-based detection is the most common method utilized in biosensing because
of its high sensitivity, simplicity, and diversity. In the era of nanotechnology, nanomaterials …

This review focuses on metal enhanced fluorescence (MEF) and its current and future
applications in biotechnology. The mechanisms of MEF are discussed in terms of the …

After over 15 years of development, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is now
facing a very important stage in its history. TERS offers high detection sensitivity down to …

Ordered arrays of copper nanostructures were fabricated and modified with porphyrin
molecules in order to evaluate fluorescence enhancement due to the localized surface …

Metal and semiconductor nanoparticles attract much attention due to their astonishing
properties and numerous possibilities for applications in sensors. Significant progress has …

We discuss the phenomenon of enhanced fluorescence in the proximity of metal
nanostructures addressing the question of how much fluorescence signal can be obtained …