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

Gaining insight into the mode of operation of heterogeneous catalysts is of great scientific
and economic interest. Raman spectroscopy has proven its potential as a powerful …

Raman microspectroscopy offers microbiologists a rapid and non-destructive technique to
assess the chemical composition of individual live microorganisms in near real time. In this …

Not all nanopores are created equal. By definition, nanopores have characteristic diameters
or conduit widths between∼ 1 and 100 nm. However, the narrowest of such pores, perhaps …

This review discusses a relatively new technique for optical nanoimaging at visible
wavelength, known as tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS). This technique relies on …

Raman spectroscopy is an increasingly popular technique in many areas, including biology
and medicine. It is based on Raman scattering, a phenomenon in which incident photons …

Heterogeneous catalysts play a pivotal role in the chemical industry, but acquiring molecular
insights into functioning catalysts remains a significant challenge,,,. Recent advances in …

Metallic nanostructures now play an important role in many applications. In particular, for the
emerging fields of plasmonics and nanophotonics, the ability to engineer metals on …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a highly sensitive technique that
enhances the Raman scattering of molecules supported by some nanostructured materials …

Raman spectroscopy is a branch of vibrational spectroscopy, which allows an easy
interpretation and highly sensitive structural identification of trace amounts of chemicals …