MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important regulatory role in several diseases, especially as a
class of promising biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Here, a biosensor based …

Rational catalyst design is crucial toward achieving more energy-efficient and sustainable
catalytic processes. Understanding and modeling catalytic reaction pathways and kinetics …

Abstract (Sun) Light is an abundantly available sustainable source of energy that has been
used in catalyzing chemical reactions for several decades now. In particular, studies related …

Plasmonic nanoparticle assemblies are promising functional materials for surface‐
enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Gold nanorod (AuNR) assemblies are of particular …

Restructuring of metal components on bimetallic nanoparticle surfaces in response to the
changes in reactive environment is a ubiquitous phenomenon whose potential for the …

Dilute Pd-in-Au alloy catalysts are promising materials for selective hydrogenation catalysis.
Extensive surface science studies have contributed mechanistic insight on the energetic …

Bimetallic Ag–Cu alloy microflowers with tunable surface compositions were fabricated as
surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates with a limit of detection in the …

Disentangling the effects of nanoparticle proximity and size on thermal catalytic performance
is challenging with traditional synthetic methods. Here we adapt a modular raspberry-colloid …

Pesticide residues have long been a major concern for food safety. In this study, a
dialdehyde starch-encapsulated silver nanoparticles composite with controlled-release …

Dilute Pd-in-Au alloys are valuable materials for selectively hydrogenating alkynes and
isomerizing alkenes. By diluting Pd in a Au host, the selectivity toward semihydrogenated …