Applications of Metallic Nanoparticles in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Sensing
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanophotonics Materials and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 648
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Interests: materials; advanced materials; nanomaterials
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Dear Colleagues,
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a powerful technique that can amplify the Raman signal of molecules by several orders of magnitude, enabling the detection of trace amounts of analytes in various fields such as biomedicine, environmental monitoring, food safety, and forensics. The key to achieving high SERS sensitivity and reproducibility is the design and fabrication of efficient and stable plasmonic nanostructures that can generate strong and uniform electromagnetic fields at the surface. Metallic nanoparticles, especially those made of noble metals such as gold and silver, are widely used as SERS substrates due to their tunable optical properties, facile synthesis, and versatile surface functionalization.
In this Special Issue, we aim to showcase the latest advances and applications of metallic nanoparticles in SERS sensing. We cordially invite you to contribute to this Special Issue and share your valuable insights and findings with the scientific community. The theme of this Special Issue broadly includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Novel synthesis methods and characterization techniques of metallic nanoparticles for SERS;
- Theoretical modeling and simulation of plasmonic effects and SERS enhancement mechanisms;
- Surface modification and functionalization of metallic nanoparticles for selective and sensitive SERS detection;
- Integration of metallic nanoparticles with other materials (such as carbon dots, 2D materials, metal oxides, etc.) to form nanocomposites or hybrid structures for SERS;
- Development of SERS devices and platforms based on metallic nanoparticles for practical applications in various fields;
- Challenges and opportunities of metallic nanoparticles in SERS sensing
Dr. Jing Yu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metallic nanoparticles
- surface-enhanced Raman scattering
- nanosynthesis
- characterization techniques
- plasmonic effects
- SERS enhancement mechanisms
- surface modification
- nanocomposites
- hybrid structures
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering is a powerful technique that can amplify the Raman signal of molecules by several orders of magnitude, enabling the detection of trace amounts of analytes in various fields. Metallic nanoparticles, especially those made of noble metals such as gold and silver, are widely used as SERS substrates due to their tunable optical properties, facile synthesis, and versatile surface functionalization.
We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue and share your valuable insights and findings with the scientific community:
- Novel synthesis methods and characterization techniques of metallic nanoparticles for SERS
- Theoretical modeling and simulation of plasmonic effects and SERS enhancement mechanisms;
- Surface modification and functionalization of metallic nanoparticles for selective and sensitive SERS detection
- Integration of metallic nanoparticles with other materials (such as carbon dots, 2D materials, metal oxides, etc.) to form nanocomposites or hybrid structures for SERS
- Development of SERS devices and platforms based on metallic nanoparticles for practical applications in various fields
- Challenges and opportunities of metallic nanoparticles in SERS sensing
