Surface enhanced Raman scattering revealed by interfacial charge-transfer transitions

S Cong, X Liu, Y Jiang, W Zhang, Z Zhao - The Innovation, 2020 - cell.com
Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a fingerprint spectral technique whose
performance is highly dependent on the physicochemical properties of the substrate …

New advances in using Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of catalysts and catalytic reactions

C Hess - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Defect chemistry in heterogeneous catalysis: recognition, understanding, and utilization

C Xie, D Yan, H Li, S Du, W Chen, Y Wang, Y Zou… - Acs …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis plays an important role in modern industry. Exploring catalysts with
high efficiency, low-cost, and high stability is an important issue for the research of …

Photo-switchable oxygen vacancy as the dynamic active site in the photocatalytic NO oxidation reaction

Q Ren, Y He, H Wang, Y Sun, F Dong - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Identifying the dynamic structural changes of the active sites in a catalytic reaction under
realistic working conditions is a great challenge. In this work, we demonstrate that in situ …

Engineering metal oxide semiconductor nanostructures for enhanced charge transfer: fundamentals and emerging SERS applications

V Rajput, RK Gupta, J Prakash - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
There is a growing interest in semiconductor nanomaterials for their potential applications as
ultrasensitive surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates in various fields …

Emerging SERS biosensors for the analysis of cells and extracellular vesicles

MT Yaraki, A Tukova, Y Wang - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cells and their derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) or exosomes contain unique molecular
signatures that could be used as biomarkers for the detection of severe diseases such as …

Recent developments in the field of explosive trace detection

KC To, S Ben-Jaber, IP Parkin - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Explosive trace detection (ETD) technologies play a vital role in maintaining national
security. ETD remains an active research area with many analytical techniques in …

Catalytic metasurfaces empowered by bound states in the continuum

H Hu, T Weber, O Bienek, A Wester, L Hüttenhofer… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic platforms based on ultrathin reactive materials facilitate carrier transport and
extraction but are typically restricted to a narrow set of materials and spectral operating …

Enhanced Solar Photothermal Catalysis over Solution Plasma Activated TiO2

F Yu, C Wang, Y Li, H Ma, R Wang, Y Liu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Colored wide‐bandgap semiconductor oxides with abundant mid‐gap states have long
been regarded as promising visible light responsive photocatalysts. However, their catalytic …

Defect engineering in semiconductor-based SERS

G Song, S Cong, Z Zhao - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor-based surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) platforms take
advantage of the multifaceted tunability of semiconductor materials to realize specialized …