Towards practical and sustainable SERS: a review of recent developments in the construction of multifunctional enhancing substrates

C Li, Y Huang, X Li, Y Zhang, Q Chen, Z Ye… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful analytical technique, which
allows quantitative detection of chemical species with molecular specificity and single …

SERS as a probe of Surface Chemistry enabled by Surface-Accessible Plasmonic nanomaterials

Y Xu, Y Zhang, C Li, Z Ye, SEJ Bell - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus When the size of materials is reduced, their volume decreases much faster than
their surface area, which in the most extreme case leads to 2D nanomaterials which are “all …

Combining surface-accessible Ag and Au colloidal nanomaterials with SERS for in situ analysis of molecule–metal interactions in complex solution environments

C Li, Y Zhang, Z Ye, SEJ Bell, Y Xu - Nature Protocols, 2023 - nature.com
The interactions between molecules and noble metal nanosurfaces play a central role in
many areas of nanotechnology. The surface chemistry of noble metal surfaces under ideal …

General approach to surface-accessible plasmonic Pickering emulsions for SERS sensing and interfacial catalysis

Y Zhang, Z Ye, C Li, Q Chen, W Aljuhani… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pickering emulsions represent an important class of functional materials with potential
applications in sustainability and healthcare. Currently, the synthesis of Pickering emulsions …

Self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles into 2D arrays at water–oil interfaces: rational construction of stable SERS substrates with accessible enhancing surfaces and …

Z Ye, C Li, Q Chen, Y Xu, SEJ Bell - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly at water–oil interfaces has been shown to be a cheap, convenient and
efficient route to obtain densely packed layers of plasmonic nanoparticles which have small …

Assessment of using energy recovery from a sustainable system including a pyramid-shaped photovoltaic cells and batteries to reduce heating energy demand in the …

T AlQemlas, MA Al-Ebrahim, NH Abu-Hamdeh… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Buildings should reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by 95% from 2020 to 2050. The
cooling and heating system of the building is one of the most important parts of the building …

Closed-cell, phase change material-encapsulated, emulsion-templated monoliths for latent heat storage: Flexibility and rapid preparation

T Zhang, Z Xu, X Li, G Gao, Y Zhao - Applied Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
While phase change material (PCM)-encapsulated polyHIPE monoliths are advantageous
for latent heat storage, brittleness and time-consuming preparation hinder their wide …

A practical approach to quantitative analytical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Y Xu, W Aljuhani, Y Zhang, Z Ye, C Li… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Many of the features of SERS, such as its high sensitivity, molecular specificity and speed of
analysis make it attractive as an analytical technique. However, SERS currently remains a …

Pinpointing Alkane Chain Length, Saturation, and Double Bond Regio-and Stereoisomers by Liquid Interfacial Plasmonic Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

S Du, M Su, C Wang, Z Ding, Y Jiang, H Liu - Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
The lipids with a rich diversity of isomers face a formidable challenge in comprehensive
structural analysis. The commonly used mass spectrometry-based techniques usually …

Unexpected dual action of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) in the self‐assembly of colloidal nanoparticles at liquid–liquid interfaces

C Li, Y Xu, X Li, Z Ye, C Yao, Q Chen… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembly of colloidal nanoparticles at water–oil interfaces offers an efficient way to
construct multi‐dimensional arrays. Self‐assembly is generally induced by using adsorbing …