Using single-vesicle technologies to unravel the heterogeneity of extracellular vesicles

G Bordanaba-Florit, F Royo, SG Kruglik… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are heterogeneous lipid containers with a complex molecular
cargo comprising several populations with unique roles in biological processes. These …

Surface plasmon resonance in gold nanoparticles: a review

V Amendola, R Pilot, M Frasconi… - Journal of physics …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In the last two decades, plasmon resonance in gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) has been the
subject of intense research efforts. Plasmon physics is intriguing and its precise modelling …

Directed assembly of nanomaterials for making nanoscale devices and structures: Mechanisms and applications

Z Chai, A Childress, AA Busnaina - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanofabrication has been utilized to manufacture one-, two-, and three-dimensional
functional nanostructures for applications such as electronics, sensors, and photonic …

Prospects of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for biomarker monitoring toward precision medicine

J Plou, PS Valera, I Garcia, CDL de Albuquerque… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Future precision medicine will be undoubtedly sustained by the detection of validated
biomarkers that enable a precise classification of patients based on their predicted disease …

Raman tweezers for small microplastics and nanoplastics identification in seawater

R Gillibert, G Balakrishnan, Q Deshoules… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Our understanding of the fate and distribution of micro-and nano-plastics in the marine
environment is limited by the intrinsic difficulties of the techniques currently used for the …

Optical tweezers and their applications

P Polimeno, A Magazzu, MA Iati, F Patti, R Saija… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2018 - Elsevier
Optical tweezers, tools based on strongly focused light, enable optical trapping,
manipulation, and characterisation of a wide range of microscopic and nanoscopic …

[HTML][HTML] Optical tweezers-controlled hotspot for sensitive and reproducible surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy characterization of native protein structures

X Dai, W Fu, H Chi, VSD Mesias, H Zhu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has emerged as a powerful tool to detect
biomolecules in aqueous environments. However, it is challenging to identify protein …

Plasmonic metasurfaces based on pyramidal nanoholes for high-efficiency SERS biosensing

G Palermo, M Rippa, Y Conti, A Vestri… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
An inverted pyramidal metasurface was designed, fabricated, and studied at the nanoscale
level for the development of a label-free pathogen detection on a chip platform that merges …

Nanotechnology-Enhanced No-Wash Biosensors for in Vitro Diagnostics of Cancer

X Huang, Y Liu, B Yung, Y Xiong, X Chen - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
In vitro biosensors have been an integral component for early diagnosis of cancer in the
clinic. Among them, no-wash biosensors, which only depend on the simple mixing of the …

Advances in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates for lipid and protein characterization: sensing and beyond

I Bruzas, W Lum, Z Gorunmez, L Sagle - Analyst, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has become an essential ultrasensitive
analytical tool for biomolecular analysis of small molecules, macromolecular proteins, and …