Towards practical and sustainable SERS: a review of recent developments in the construction of multifunctional enhancing substrates

Chunchun Li, Yiming Huang, Xinyuan Li, Yingrui Zhang, Qinglu Chen, Ziwei Ye, Zarah Alqarni, Steven E. J. Bell and Yikai Xu

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 11517
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Biologically Inspired Superwetting Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Substrates

Junrong Fu, Hui Zhang, Zhen Xiang, Laiyan Wu and Shiwei Jin

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2024, 7, 23337
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Synthesis of UiO-66/Ag/TiO2 composite as reusable SERS substrate

Zixiu Li, Yang Zhang, Shaoxiong Qin, Hualin Ding, Jun Cao, Jiaqi Pan, Chaorong Li and Jingjing Wang

Materials Today Communications, 2024, 41, 111054
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Theoretical and experimental investigation of the flexible Ag nano-tree@Cu mesh SERS substrate

Tiying Zhu, Yang Sun, Weixi Lu, Guangcan Wang, Xianmei Zhang, Shanshan Chen, Chao Zhang, Zhen Li, Baoyuan Man and Cheng Yang

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022, 908, 164622
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Rapid detection of residual chlorpyrifos and pyrimethanil on fruit surface by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy integrated with deep learning approach

Zhu Chen, Xuan Dong, Chao Liu, Shenghao Wang, Shanshan Dong and Qing Huang

Sci Rep, 2023, 13
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Light-trapping perforating microcone arrays for angle-insensitive and broadband SERS

Yu Wang, Bin Ai, Zengyao Wang, Yuduo Guan, Ge Xiao and Gang Zhang

Applied Surface Science, 2023, 615, 156271
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Open nanocavity-assisted Ag@PDMS as a soft SERS substrate with ultra-sensitivity and high uniformity

Sha HaiYang, Wang Zhengkun, Zhu Yong and Zhang Jie

Opt. Express, 2023, 31, 16484
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Preparation of a GO@PVP@Ag SERS Substrate and Its Application in the Detection of Phenanthylene in Aqueous Solution

Junyu Liu, Hansheng Li, Wencan Cui, Shihua Sang, Liang Guan and Chen Zhao

Coatings, 2025, 15, 267
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Rapid Determination of Mixed Pesticide Residues on Apple Surfaces by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Luyao Wang, Pei Ma, Hui Chen, Min Chang, Ping Lu, Ning Chen, Yanbing Yuan, Nan Chen and Xuedian Zhang

Foods, 2022, 11, 1089
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Fabrication of plasmonic absorbent cotton as a SERS substrate for adsorption and detection of harmful ingredients in food

Sijia Liu, Jiaqi Guo, Juan-P. Hinestroza, Xianming Kong and Qian Yu

Microchemical Journal, 2021, 170, 106662
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Flexible SERS substrates for hazardous materials detection: recent advances

Moram Sree Satya Bharati and Venugopal Rao Soma

OEA, 2021, 4, 210048
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Preparation of SERS active filter paper for filtration and detection of pesticides residue from complex sample

Min Hou, Ning Li, Xiaoran Tian, Qian Yu, Juan-P. Hinestroza and Xianming Kong

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2023, 285, 121860
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Recent advances in the design of SERS substrates and sensing systems for (bio)sensing applications: Systems from single cell to single molecule detection

Sai Ratnakar Tadi, Ashwini G Shenoy, Anirudh Bharadwaj, Sreelakshmi C S, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Kapil Sadani and Pooja Nag

F1000Res, 2024, 13, 670
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Boosting photocatalytic and SERS performance of n%M−ZnO/CeO2/Ag 3D porous microspheres through a dual modification strategy with interface and doping engineering

Yang Zhang, Haoran Wu, Zixiu Li, Shaoxiong Qin, Hualin Ding, Jun Cao, Jiaqi Pan, Chaorong Li and Jingjing Wang

Applied Surface Science, 2025, 686, 162135
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Lotus leaf mastoid inspired Ag micro/nanoarrays on PDMS film as flexible SERS sensor for in-situ analysis of pesticide residues on nonplanar surfaces

Zhengdong Zhu, Xiaoyi Shi, Yating Feng, Meng He, Cheng Ye, Hongyang Zhou, Maofeng Zhang, Wei Zhang, Jianhua Li and Changlong Jiang

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2023, 288, 122211
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Tailored SiO2‐TiO2 Aerogel/Ag Flexible Films as Stable SERS Substrates for Hazardous Materials Detection

Wei Liu, Xue Wang, Zhiyang Zhao, Xin Zhou, Shiliang Huang, Longjin Huang, Zihan Wang, Jingru Li, Junjie Fu, Yu Liu, Sheng Cui and Xuan He

Adv Materials Technologies, 2022, 7
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Recent advances in the design of SERS substrates and sensing systems for (bio)sensing applications: Systems from single cell to single molecule detection

Sai Ratnakar Tadi, Ashwini G Shenoy, Anirudh Bharadwaj, Sreelakshmi C S, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Kapil Sadani and Pooja Nag

F1000Res, 2025, 13, 670
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Quantitative Analysis of Acetone in Transformer Oil Based on ZnO NPs@Ag NWs SERS Substrates Combined with a Stoichiometric Model

Xinyuan Zhang, Yu Lei, Ruimin Song, Weigen Chen, Changding Wang, Ziyi Wang, Zhixian Yin and Fu Wan

IJMS, 2022, 23, 13633
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Au-NP-Decorated Cotton Swabs as a Facile SERS Substrate for Food-Safety-Related Molecule Detection

Farzana Rafiq, Ning Wang, Keyou Li, Zijin Hong, Dandan Cao, Jingjing Du and Zhenli Sun

ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 8541
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Face-to-Face Assembly of Ag Nanoplates on Filter Papers for Pesticide Detection by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Sulin Jiao, Yixin Liu, Shenli Wang, Shuo Wang, Fengying Ma, Huiyu Yuan, Haibo Zhou, Guangchao Zheng, Yuan Zhang, Kun Dai and Chuntai Liu

Nanomaterials, 2022, 12, 1398
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Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Investigation of PAHs at a Fe3O4@GO@Ag@PDA Composite Substrates

Junyu Liu, Wencan Cui, Shihua Sang, Liang Guan, Kecheng Gu, Yinyin Wang and Jian Wang

Micromachines, 2022, 13, 1253
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Detection of thiram on fruit surfaces and in juices with minimum sample pretreatment via a bendable and reusable substrate for surface‐enhanced Raman scattering

Jiaqi Wu, Yiqun Huang, Junjian Miao and Keqiang Lai

J Sci Food Agric, 2022, 102, 6211
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Recent advances in the use of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for thiram detection in food products

Su-Yan Wang, Xin-Chi Shi, Feng He, Su-Qin Zhu, Xin Chen, Daniela D. Herrera-Balandrano, Feng-Quan Liu and Pedro Laborda

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2024, 136, 106855
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One-step fabrication of metal nanoparticles on polymer film by femtosecond LIPAA method for SERS detection

Lingmao Xu, Huagang Liu, Hui Zhou and Minghui Hong

Talanta, 2021, 228, 122204
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Highly Sensitive and Reproducible SERS Substrates Based on Ordered Micropyramid Array and Silver Nanoparticles

Chengpeng Zhang, Shuai Chen, Zhaoliang Jiang, Zhenyu Shi, Jilai Wang and Lutao Du

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 29222
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Smartphone-based colorimetric method for determining sulfites in wine using a universal clamp sample holder and microfluidic cotton swab-based analytical device

Chutikarn Khamkhajorn, Somkid Pencharee, Jaroon Jakmunee and Napaporn Youngvises

Microchemical Journal, 2022, 174, 107055
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Cotton swabs wrapped with three-dimensional silver nanoflowers as SERS substrates for the determination of food colorant carmine on irregular surfaces

Sihang Zhang, Kejun Jin, Jiechen Xu, Jiangtao Xu, Lei Ding, Long Wu, Xing Liu, Zoufei Du and Shouxiang Jiang

Microchim Acta, 2024, 191
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β-Galactosidase-triggered in situ synthesis of yellow emitting silicon nanoparticle and its application in visual detection of E. coli O157:H7 and drug susceptibility test

Dan Zhao, Yan Jiao, Changpeng Zhang and Xincai Xiao

Food Chemistry, 2024, 450, 139331
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Recent advances in the design of SERS substrates and sensing systems for (bio)sensing applications: Systems from single cell to single molecule detection

Sai Ratnakar Tadi, Ashwini G Shenoy, Anirudh Bharadwaj, Sreelakshmi C S, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Kapil Sadani and Pooja Nag

F1000Res, 2025, 13, 670
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Flexible Ag nanoparticle-decorated SU-8 micron-column array films as sensitive SERS substrates for in situ detection of pesticide residues

Yunpeng Shao, Yue Niu, Wenlong Deng, Zicheng Zhang, Ruien Yu and Linyu Mei

Food Chemistry, 2025, 474, 143198
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Hybrid SERS substrate based on cotton swab for sensitive detection of organic molecules

Hoang Duy Minh, Nguyen Duc Thang, Nguyen Thao Linh Chi, Luong Duc Anh, Le Ngoc Long, Tran Van Khai, Huynh Cong Khanh, Nguyen Dang Khoa and Tran Hoang Minh

Mater. Res. Express, 2024, 11, 025002
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Nanotechnology in food and water security: on-site detection of agricultural pollutants through surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Deniz Yılmaz, Beyza Nur Günaydın and Meral Yüce

emergent mater., 2022, 5, 105
DOI: 10.1007/s42247-022-00376-w

Integrated surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and machine learning for identification and quantification of multi-target pesticide residues in fruit juices

Shen Jiang, Qiuyun Li, Xubin Quan, Yaowen Xing, Yujiang Huang, Xuming Mu, Yitong Meng, Guangrun Wu, Tong Ju, Yuhan Chu, Ruiyao Ma, Jing Wu, Xiaotong Wang, Sheng Wang and Yang Li

Food Chemistry, 2026, 498, 147143
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Dual-function UiO-66/AgNPs/TiO2 SERS substrate with photocatalytic self-cleaning for recyclable detection of thiram

Ziyu Wan, Zixiu Li, Jingjing Wang, Song Guo, Haiyang Zhang, Weibin Chen, Chaorong Li and Hualin Ding

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2025, 75, 107765
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Ultrasensitive and stable SERS detection by defect engineering constructed Ag@Ga-doped ZnO core-shell nanoparticles

Haoran Wu, Jingjing Wang, Qiong Yang, Shaoxiong Qin, Zixiu Li, Yang Zhang, Jiaqi Pan and Chaorong Li

Applied Surface Science, 2023, 621, 156873
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