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Advances in surface-enhanced Raman scattering applications for precision agriculture: monitoring plant health and crop quality

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Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

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Core-shell structure and twin-cone morphology of Au@Ag@HOF with efficient adsorption capability and high SERS enhancement efficiency for sensitive detection of bisphenol compounds in food

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Plasma-Engineered Anisotropic Nanostructures with Multipolar Plasmon Coupling for Label-Free Biosensing

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Quantitative Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Challenges, Strategies, and Prospects

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Spectroscopic analysis with piecewise quantification model for accurate PET/cotton blend ratio determination

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Digital Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering With Event Counting and Spectrum Learning for Label‐Free Protein Quantification

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A robust approach for rapid and ultrasensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection of food microbial contamination

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Rapid Fluorochromic Sensing of Tertiary Amines and Opioids via Dual-Emissive Ground and Excited Charge-Transfer States

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Spatial Heterogeneity of Sulfate in Tap Water across China: Insights from a Rapid and Reliable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Analysis

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Concentration Indicator Kit Based on Dandelion Propagation‐Inspired SERS Strategy

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Micropore array-based SERS sensor assisted by convolutional neural networks for subsurface biotoxic-free detection of interstitial fluid in bioassays

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Raman spectroscopy of deuterium-labeled macromolecules: Emerging strategies in biomedical research

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Nano- and Microplastics in Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles: A Review of Occurrence, Health Risks, and Regulatory Needs

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Factors that Affect Quantification in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

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Rapid SERS Analysis: From Laboratory to Real Sample

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Advancing liposome and extracellular vesicle characterization through deep learning-enhanced optical trapping and nanoparticle tracking

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In Situ Degradation and Fast Online Detection via 3D Gold Nanodendrite Hybrids as a Photoelectrode and SERS Substrate

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Transfer-Free Conformal Graphene Coating on Pyramidal Microstructures Decorated with Silver Nanoparticles for Superior Raman Signal Enhancement

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A high-performance 3D-SERS platform based on bacterial nanocellulose and gold nanostars for pesticide analysis

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Rapid enrichment and determination of fishery drugs residue in fishes and shrimps by ZnO-Ag SERS substrate

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Deep Eutectic Solvent Ag Nanoparticle Plasmonic Platform for Sensing in Hydrophobic Media

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Nanotechnology-enabled analytical tools for Microplastics and nanoplastics in aquatic ecosystems

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Development of an Integrated EC–SPME–SERS Platform with the pAg-rGO-Au Substrate for Ultrasensitive Detection of Fenthion

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Anchored Plasmonic Nanoparticle Structures by In Situ Ultrafast Laser Reduction for Ultrasensitive and Highly Stable SERS

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Analyte‐Targeted Plasmonic Hotspots on Superlattice Mirror Enable Ultra‐Broad‐Range SERS Sensing of Acetylcholinesterase

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3D CuO/NiCo/Ag hierarchical SERS nanostructures for direct detection of trace perfluorooctanoic acid

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A review of advancements and challenges in nanoplastics detection

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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy combined microfluidic analytical devices for on-site food safety analysis

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Unveiling the Dilution‐Shielding Effect as a Universal Strategy for Interfacial Regulation in Composite Polymer Electrolytes

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Advances in SERS technology for metabolite-related biomarkers detection: Overcoming limitations in disease diagnosis

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Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in combination with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)

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A nanoengineered Au@Ag@PVP SERS solid-phase substrate empowered by machine learning for rapid and trace-level screening of pesticide residues in tea

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Ratiometric SERS nanoprobe for ferroptosis monitoring in drug-induced liver injury via accurate detection of hydrogen peroxide in endoplasmic reticulum

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Unveiling the Dilution‐Shielding Effect as a Universal Strategy for Interfacial Regulation in Composite Polymer Electrolytes

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A Ratiometric SERS Strategy Based on a WO3/W18O49 Homojunction Substrate with Built-In Raman Internal Standard for Accurate Trace Antibiotic Detection

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Application of Raman and ATR-MIR Spectroscopy in Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Combined with Chemometrics Techniques: A Review

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Bioinspired Turing‐Nanoarchitected Needle for Solid Matrices Analysis: A Universal Platform Enabling Dual‐Scale SERS Enhancement

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Nano-engineered fiber-based sensing frontiers: Revolutionizing on-site pesticide detection for global food-environment nexus challenges

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Non-Uniform Microlens Array Based on Photonic Nanojets for Remote Raman Sensing of Subsurface Analytes

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Interconnected Oriented Crystalline Domains of Assembled Ag Nanoparticles: Structural Characterization and Efficacy as SERS Substrate for Detection of R6G and Monosodium Glutamate

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Rapid, selective, and ultrasensitive detection of Cr(VI) in complex samples by a redox-mediated surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy method

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A Fluorescence-SERS Dual-Mode Nanoprobe for Imaging of HSP90 mRNA and Peroxynitrite in Living Cells

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Quantitative SERS-Based Sandwich-Hybridization Assay for Nucleic Acid Detection

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ACS Omega, 2025, 10, 52260
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Reactive silver ink-derived SERS-active nanofiber platform enabling machine learning-assisted sensitive amino acid detection

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Rapid screening of toxic free arsenic in water and traditional Chinese medicine beverages via signal-off SERS tagging

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Machine Learning-Assisted SERS Platform for Rapid and Quantitative Discrimination of Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli Serotypes

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Analyte‐Targeted Plasmonic Hotspots on Superlattice Mirror Enable Ultra‐Broad‐Range SERS Sensing of Acetylcholinesterase

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Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles in Spectroscopic Biosensing: innovation in Label Free Detection

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Analytical Letters, 2026, 1
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Multifunctional Fe3O4@ZIF-8@Ag nanocomposites and electro-driven droplet adsorption strategy for SERS detection of acetamiprid

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Reliable Method for Assembling Silver Nanosheets on Different Materials for Effective and Reproducible SERS Substrates

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Phenolic-Mediated Synthesis of Plasmonic Au–AgCl Janus Nanostructures for Single-Particle SERS

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Durable, recyclable, and stretchable plasmonic film for grapefruit decay detection

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Self-driven microfluidic chip with integrated lateral and vertical flow assays for dual-readout point-of-care testing

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