This work reviews different types of substrates used for surface-enhanced Raman scattering
(SERS) that have been developed in the last 10 years. The different techniques of self …

The unique optical properties of plasmon resonant nanostructures enable exploration of
nanoscale environments using relatively simple optical characterization techniques. For this …

That a nanoparticle (NP)(for example of gold) residing above a gold mirror is almost as
effective a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate (when illuminated with …

Seed-mediated growth represents a simple and robust route to nanocrystals with well-
defined and controllable shapes or morphologies, and thus desired properties.[1] As a major …

A simple, sensitive, and reproducible sensing technique is described for the unambiguous
detection of unlabeled single-stranded DNA by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy …

Small numbers of surface-bound molecules are shown to behave as would be expected for
optomechanical oscillators placed inside plasmonic nanocavities that support extreme …

Detection of biomarkers is of vital importance in disease detection, management, and
monitoring of therapeutic efficacy. Extensive efforts have been devoted to the development …

Single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has attracted increasing
interest for chemical and biochemical sensing. Many conventional substrates have a broad …

The strongly enhanced and localized optical fields that occur within the gaps between
metallic nanostructures can be leveraged for a wide range of functionality in nanophotonic …

A controllable silver nanoparticle aggregate system has been synthesized by adding
different amounts of ethanol to cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) capped silver …