Applications of Metal Nanomaterials in Detection and Spectral Analysis
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanophotonics Materials and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2022) | Viewed by 2201
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Raman-THz spectroscopy; single molecule detection; design and preparation of nano-structured plasmonic materials; optical sensors for biological and environmental applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanomaterials have excellent performances in catalysis, optics, electricity, magnetism, chemistry and superconduction due to their special properties, such as their interfacial, quantum size and macroscopic quantum tunneling effects. Metal nanomaterials with excellent plasmonic properties have been widely used in spectrum technology for chemical analysis and molecular detection.
Plasmonic-based spectroscopy is a promising technique to probe and identify molecules and chemicals. Amplified by plasmonic nanostructured metals, the signal intensity of a target can be dramatically improved. Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) can be dramatically improved by a factor of up to 10 orders of magnitude with nanostructured metals that possess electromagnetic “hot spots” at the sharp edges and nanogaps between nearby metals. Accordingly, it becomes possible to detect and distinguish the spectroscopic signature of a single molecule by SERS, and developing a novel metal nanostructure with a high density of “hot spots” has been a recent topic of intense discussion. Additionally, surface plasmon enhancement has been used in fluorescence, infrared and THz spectroscopy, and demonstrates high potential for trace detection applications.
We invite researchers to contribute original and review articles regarding the metal nanomaterials. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: synthesis, modification, and functionalization of metal nanomaterials; application of metal nanomaterials as light concentrators, plasmonic substrates, optical sensors and signal amplifiers; in vitro and in vivo spectroscopy studies of chemicals and molecules with metal nanomaterials.
Prof. Dr. Ling Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- plasmonics
- metal
- sensing
- enhancement
- spectroscopy
- imaging
- functionalization
- analysis
- raman
