Illuminating liver fibrosis: recent progress in the design and applications of highly sensitive fluorescent probes

Yutong Lv, Zhe Ma, Yue Chong, Zhenlong Wang, Li Xue and Fu Wang

Mater. Horiz., 2026, 13, 67
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Vacuum-assisted thermal evaporation deposition for the preparation of AgNPs/NF 3D SERS substrates and their applications

Ziyu Zhou, Atian Xie, Yuanhang Tan, Junfeng Zhang and Changguo Xue

New J. Chem., 2023, 47, 21225
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A cubic Cu2O@Ag bioprobe for label-free SERS classification of hepatic fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma

Yujiao Xie, Xue Li, Lei Xu, Chenguang Zhang, Yong Ren, Xiaofeng Shi, Liyun Fu, Jing Wang, Xiawei Xu, Yue Liu, Yue Hu, Zhouxu Zhang, Jiahao Zhang, Ting Yao, Wenzhi Ren, Tianxiang Chen, Xiaoyu Qian, Xiaotian Wang, Jie Lin and Aiguo Wu

Mater. Chem. Front., 2024, 8, 2978
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Dynamic monitoring of bacteriostatic process by SERS analysis based on a simple but effective detection strategy

Songtao Xiang, Yuxiang Lan, Zhiliang Mai, Feng Tian and Hua Mao

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2022, 282, 121611
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Fabrication of Superhydrophobic–Hydrophilic Patterned Cu@Ag Composite SERS Substrate via Femtosecond Laser

Yuheng Zhang, Zongwei Xu, Kun Zhang, Ying Song, Bing Dong, Jianshi Wang, Mengzhi Yan and Qingqing Sun

Nanomanuf Metrol, 2024, 7
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Bimetallic Ag–Cu Alloy Microflowers as SERS Substrates with Single-Molecule Detection Limit

Sravani Kaja and Amit Nag

Langmuir, 2021, 37, 13027
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Novel strategies for investigating radiotherapy sensitivity mechanisms: integrative multi-omics and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)

Nan Li, Songtao Xiang, Jiang He, Dan Tao, Yu He, Siwei Zeng, Erha Munai, Xiaoli Wang, Wei Zhou and Yongzhong Wu

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 522, 168071
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A novel alternative strategy for monitoring and insight into liver fibrosis progression: The combination of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and gut microbiota

Songtao Xiang, YuXiang Lan, Lin Lu, Chenqi Sun, Yong Lai, Zhiliang Mai, Feng Tian, Erhua Fu, Huiqing Zhong, Feiyun Cui, Hua Mao and Can Song

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2023, 225, 115082
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Penetration-then-growth enables label-free surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic discrimination of fibrotic cells and kidney tissues

Zedong Zhang, Dekun Wang, Chang Liu, Jianguo Dong, Mengmeng Jiang, Xue Mi, Xiaoyue Tan and Yuying Zhang

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The Dual-Faceted Role of Metal-Based Nanomaterials in Hepatic Fibrosis Therapy

Yinqing Mao, Yankai Gong and Xue Bai

IJN, 2026, Volume 21, 1
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Terahertz metamaterial biosensor for diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma at early stage

Dongxia Li, Lizhen Zeng, Yuanli Wang, Hong-Wen Tang, Wen Xing Lee, Zhencheng Chen, Longhui Zhang, Yingchang Zou, Duan Xie and Fangrong Hu

Appl. Opt., 2022, 61, 4817
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Raman scattering-based optical sensing of chronic liver diseases

Khaled Alkhuder

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2023, 42, 103505
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Advances in Noninvasive Molecular Imaging Probes for Liver Fibrosis Diagnosis

Shaofang Chen, Danping Zhuang, Qingyun Jia, Bing Guo and Genwen Hu

Biomater Res, 2024, 28
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Innovative applications of SERS in precision medicine: In situ and real-time live imaging

Biqing Chen, Jiayin Gao, Haizhu Sun, Zhi Chen and Xiaohong Qiu

Talanta, 2025, 294, 128225
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Raman Spectroscopic Signatures of Hepatic Carcinoma: Progress and Future Prospect

Mina Kolahdouzmohammadi, Erfaneh Shaygannia, Kevan Wu, Nicholas Tjandra, Raha Nikoumaram, Nazir P. Kherani and Graziano Oldani

IJMS, 2026, 27, 2023
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Surface‐Enhanced Raman Probes Based on Gold Nanomaterials for in vivo Diagnosis and Imaging

Changchun Wen, Liping Wang, Li Liu, Xing‐Can Shen and Hua Chen

Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2022, 17
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Plasmonic Nanostars: Systematic Review of their Synthesis and Applications

Nhat M. Ngo, Hung-Vu Tran and T. Randall Lee

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2022, 5, 14051
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Terahertz Metamaterial Biosensor With Double Resonant Frequencies for Specific Detection of Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Duan Xie, Dongxia Li, Fangrong Hu, Zhiyou Wang, Longhui Zhang, Mingzhu Jiang and Yuanli Wang

IEEE Sensors J., 2023, 23, 1124
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3D-Printed SERS Chips for Highly Specific Detection of Denatured Type I and IV Collagens in Blood for Early Hepatic Fibrosis Diagnosis

Linge Nian, Wenhua Li, Chunxia Zhang, Lu Li, Guangrui Zhang and Jianxi Xiao

ACS Sens., 2024, 9, 3272
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Optical biosensing systems for a biological living body

Tao Yan, Changfa Guo, Chunsheng Wang and Kai Zhu

VIEW, 2023, 4
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