Application of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Food Analysis and Quality Control
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 October 2025 | Viewed by 70
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food quality control; quality management engineering; quality detection and evaluation; machine learning; chemometrics; intelligent data processing; Raman spectroscopy; nanomaterials
Interests: bio-chemistry; spectroscopy; ICP-MS; ICP-OES; food chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
The application scenarios of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) in the field of food quality and safety control are increasing, covering quality risk substances such as pesticide and veterinary drug residues, preservatives, heavy metals, illegal additives, microplastics, pathogenic bacteria, biotoxins, allergens, and quality markers such as nutritional components. The main research hotspots include the quantitative analysis of food quality characteristic substances and the exploration of their change mechanisms, the revelation of intermolecular interactions, the preparation characterization and method improvement of SERS substrate materials, the improvement of functional detection technology, the development of functional integrated devices or combination technologies, the integration of spectroscopic technology and intelligent learning algorithms, the optimization of detection characterization and recognition algorithm parameters, simulation based on density functional theory, and many other aspects. In this context, we invite authors to contribute to this Special Issue with articles about the latest developments, challenges, and prospects of novel detection and analysis technologies, quality control methods, and potential applications in the field of food control based on SERS. This Special Issue will publish original research papers and review articles, with a focus on the novelty of recent research.
Dr. Zhengyong Zhang
Prof. Dr. Béla Kovács
Dr. Min Sha
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- SERS substrate preparation
- integrated device
- multi-technology integration
- molecular detection technology
- molecular interaction
- spectral analysis
- parameter optimization
- modification approaches
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