Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for bioanalysis and diagnosis

MA Tahir, NE Dina, H Cheng, VK Valev, L Zhang - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, bioanalytical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has
blossomed into a fast-growing research area. Owing to its high sensitivity and outstanding …

Small angle X-ray scattering for nanoparticle research

T Li, AJ Senesi, B Lee - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
X-ray scattering is a structural characterization tool that has impacted diverse fields of study.
It is unique in its ability to examine materials in real time and under realistic sample …

Plasmons in strongly coupled metallic nanostructures

NJ Halas, S Lal, WS Chang, S Link… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The vivid optical properties of noble metal nanoparticles have been an object of fascination
since ancient times. The ruby red of stained glass windows arises from gold nanoparticles …

Large-scale hot spot engineering for quantitative SERS at the single-molecule scale

HY Chen, MH Lin, CY Wang, YM Chang… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Quantitative surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) requires precise control of
Raman enhancement factor and detection uniformity across the SERS substrate. Here, we …

Controlling the synthesis and assembly of silver nanostructures for plasmonic applications

M Rycenga, CM Cobley, J Zeng, W Li… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Coinage metals, such as Au, Ag, and Cu, have been important materials throughout
history.(1) Although in ancient cultures they were admired primarily for their ability to reflect …

Properties and emerging applications of self-assembled structures made from inorganic nanoparticles

Z Nie, A Petukhova, E Kumacheva - Nature nanotechnology, 2010 - nature.com
Just as nanoparticles display properties that differ from those of bulk samples of the same
material, ensembles of nanoparticles can have collective properties that are different to …

Pressure induced nanoparticle phase behavior, property, and applications

F Bai, K Bian, X Huang, Z Wang, H Fan - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticle (NP) high pressure behavior has been extensively studied over the years. In
this review, we summarize recent progress on the studies of pressure induced NP phase …

Nanoparticle superlattices: the roles of soft ligands

KJ Si, Y Chen, Q Shi, W Cheng - Advanced Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticle superlattices are periodic arrays of nanoscale inorganic building blocks
including metal nanoparticles, quantum dots and magnetic nanoparticles. Such assemblies …

Indium tin oxide nanoparticles with compositionally tunable surface plasmon resonance frequencies in the near-IR region

M Kanehara, H Koike, T Yoshinaga… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Here we report the synthesis of conducting indium tin oxide (ITO) nanoparticles (NPs) and
their surface plasmon resonance (SPR) properties. The SPR peaks of the ITO NPs can be …

Toward functional nanocomposites: taking the best of nanoparticles, polymers, and small molecules

J Kao, K Thorkelsson, P Bai, BJ Rancatore… - Chemical Society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanocomposites, composed of organic and inorganic building blocks, can combine the
properties from the parent constituents and generate new properties to meet current and …