The vast development of nanofabrication has spurred recent progress for the manipulation
of light down to a region much smaller than the wavelength. Metallic plasmonic array …

The development of diagnostic and therapeutic nanoparticles for biomedical applications is
of broad current interest in science, engineering, and medicine. The fundamental basis is …

Conspectus Plasmonic coupling-based electromagnetic field localization and enhancement
are becoming increasingly important in chemistry, nanoscience, materials science, physics …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a promising analytical tool, but
simultaneous detection of multiple targets using SERS remains a challenge. Herein, a …

Mycotoxins are toxic metabolites produced by fungi in the process of infecting agricultural
products, posing serious threat to the health of human and animals. Thus, sensitive and …

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 …

Engineering hotspots is of crucial importance in many applications including energy
harvesting, nano-lasers, subwavelength imaging, and biomedical sensing. Surface …

Precision oncology, defined as the use of the molecular understanding of cancer to
implement personalized patient treatment, is currently at the heart of revolutionizing …

In an ideal plasmonic surface sensor, the bioactive area, where analytes are recognized by
specific biomolecules, is surrounded by an area that is generally composed of a different …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has become an essential ultrasensitive
analytical tool for biomolecular analysis of small molecules, macromolecular proteins, and …