Gold nanorods (NRs), pseudo-one-dimensional rod-shaped nanoparticles (NPs), have
become one of the burgeoning materials in the recent years due to their anisotropic shape …

The design of nanoparticles is critical for their efficient use in many applications ranging from
biomedicine to sensing and energy. While shape and size are responsible for the properties …

Pesticides, extensively used in agriculture production, have received enormous attention
because of their potential threats to the environment and human health. Hence, in this study …

The newly developed AgNPs/GO/g-CN nanohybrids by combining silver nanoparticles,
graphene oxide and carbon nitride (g-CN) in the present study has emerged as a much …

Nanoparticles made of coinage metals are well known to display unique optical properties
stemming from the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) phenomenon, allowing …

Noble metal nanostructures are currently of great interest for their unique plasmonic property
and potential applications in catalysis and surface-enhanced spectroscopy. However, the …

Conventionally, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-active materials mainly
include nanosized noble metals, semiconductors, or the complex of both, most of which are …

Ensuring high quality of water is an urgent challenge for today's research. In spite of the
enormous progress achieved in the area, the quest for all-in-one systems able to adsorb …

Raman imaging yields high specificity and sensitivity when compared to other imaging
modalities, mainly due to its fingerprint signature. However, intrinsic Raman signals are …

Alginate-TiO 2 porous beads were investigated in adsorption and removal of different
organic dyes from water. The beads were fabricated from commercial HOMBIKAT type II …