Surface plasmons are coherent and collective electron oscillations confined at the dielectric–
metal interface. Benefitting from the inherent subwavelength nature of spatial profile, surface …

In recent years, bioanalytical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has
blossomed into a fast-growing research area. Owing to its high sensitivity and outstanding …

Colloidal plasmonic metal nanoparticles have enabled surface-enhanced Raman scattering
(SERS) for a variety of analytical applications. While great efforts have been made to create …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is one of the most promising analytical
techniques due to its fingerprint-identification feature.[1-5] Since regular Raman scattering is …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) combines molecular fingerprint specificity
with potential single-molecule sensitivity. Therefore, the SERS technique is an attractive tool …

Compared with noble metals, semiconductors with surface plasmon resonance effect are
another type of SERS substrate materials. The main obstacles so far are that the …

Electrochemical nitrogen reduction to ammonia is proposed as a promising alternative to the
Haber–Bosch process because it can be driven by renewable electricity at ambient …

Noble metal nanostructures are able to concentrate light into small volumes, which
enhances greatly the local electromagnetic (EM) field near the metal nanostructures. The …

Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful technique for sensitive
analysis which is attracting great attention in the last decades. In this review, different gold …

Rapid technology development and economic growth have brought attention to public
health issues, such as food safety and environmental pollution, which creates an ever …