SERS Based Sensors
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2020) | Viewed by 703
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioplasmonics; bio-nanotechnology; surface structuration; LSPR; SERS; nanotechnologies and societal issues
Interests: plasmonics; pulsed laser-nanoparticle interaction; photoacoustics; Raman spectroscopy; SERS
Interests: nano optics and nanospectroscopy; 2D layered materials; spectroscopy of optically trapped micro and nanoparticles (instrumentation and applications)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has emerged as a powerful analytical technique with applications in a variety of scientific fields. SERS-based sensors have attracted great interest due to their unique properties, including high sensitivity and specificity, resistance to photobleaching, and multiplex capabilities. However, the widespread adoption of SERS-based sensors has typically been hindered by the lack of low-cost, stable, and reproducible SERS platforms with high enhancement factors. Of late, much effort has been devoted to improving the reproducibility of SERS platforms, furthering their potential for use in real-world applications.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances in the development and application of novel SERS-based sensors for analyte detection and quantification. These can be nanoparticles or substrates used in any number of sensing applications. Of special interest are low-cost sensors that can be deployed in the field, where no suitable alternatives currently exist.
Dr. Bernard Bartenlian
Dr. Andrew M. Fales
Dr. Gucciardi Pietro Giuseppe
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- SERS
- plasmonic
- Raman
- Nanoparticle
- Substrate
- Nanostructuration
- SERS biosensors (proteins, DNA, miRNA, functionalization)
- SERS for food analysis
- SERS for explosives detection
- SERS for pollutant detection
- SERS in cultural heritage
- SERS detection of photocatalytic reactions
- Advanced SERS nanoparticles (metal, dielectrics, inkjet-printed particles)
- Advanced SERS architectures (paper, flexible substrates, reproducible substrates)
- Integrated SERS sensors (e.g. SPR/SERS/, QCM/SERS, OpticalTweezers/SERS, Electrochemical/SERS)
- SERS platforms (e.g. microfluidics, portable, smartphone sensing)
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