Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) inherits the rich chemical fingerprint
information on Raman spectroscopy and gains sensitivity by plasmon-enhanced excitation …

The use of imaging technologies has been critical in deciphering biological phenomena,
structures, and mechanisms across a wide range of spatial scales. The spatial resolution of …

Correlating spatial chemical information with the morphology of closely packed
nanostructures remains a challenge for the scientific community. For example …

Plasmonic optical biosensors for the analysis of nucleic acids have drawn a great deal of
interest in nanomedicine because of their capability to overcome major limitations of …

Nanoparticles are widely used in various fields of science and technology as well as in
everyday life. In particular, gold and silver nanoparticles display unique optical properties …

Amyloid fibrils are β-sheet rich protein aggregates that are strongly associated with various
neurodegenerative diseases. Raman spectroscopy has been broadly utilized to investigate …

Photoexcitation of the plasmon band in metallic nanoparticles adsorbed on a TiO2 surface
initiates many important photovoltaic and photocatalytic processes. The traditional view on …

Recent advances in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) have offered great
promise for the early-stage diagnosis of life-threatening diseases by in vivo sensing and …

Ultrafast surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has the potential to study
molecular dynamics near plasmonic surfaces to better understand plasmon-mediated …

Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS), a combination of Raman spectroscopy and
apertureless near-field scanning optical microscopy using a metallic tip which resonates …