Nitroaromatic explosives’ detection and quantification using an attention-based transformer on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy maps

Bo Li, Giulia Zappalá, Elodie Dumont, Anja Boisen, Tomas Rindzevicius, Mikkel N. Schmidt and Tommy S. Alstrøm

Analyst, 2023, 148, 4787
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Plasmonic nanoparticle sensors: current progress, challenges, and future prospects

Krishna Kant, Reshma Beeram, Yi Cao, Paulo S. S. dos Santos, Lara González-Cabaleiro, Daniel García-Lojo, Heng Guo, Younju Joung, Siddhant Kothadiya, Marta Lafuente, Yong Xiang Leong, Yiyi Liu, Yuxiong Liu, Sree Satya Bharati Moram, Sanje Mahasivam, Sonia Maniappan, Daniel Quesada-González, Divakar Raj, Pabudi Weerathunge, Xinyue Xia, Qian Yu, Sara Abalde-Cela, Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla, Rizia Bardhan, Vipul Bansal, Jaebum Choo, Luis C. C. Coelho, José M. M. M. de Almeida, Sergio Gómez-Graña, Marek Grzelczak, Pablo Herves, Jatish Kumar, Theobald Lohmueller, Arben Merkoçi, José Luis Montaño-Priede, Xing Yi Ling, Reyes Mallada, Jorge Pérez-Juste, María P. Pina, Srikanth Singamaneni, Venugopal Rao Soma, Mengtao Sun, Limei Tian, Jianfang Wang, Lakshminarayana Polavarapu and Isabel Pastoriza Santos

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9, 2085
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Gold nanostars loaded fabrics as flexible, low-cost SERS substrates and swab-based detection of thiram on fruits and vegetables

Sampath Kumar Satani, Sree Satya Bharati Moram and Venugopal Rao Soma

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 2023, 56, 375103
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Advancing SERS as a quantitative technique: challenges, considerations, and correlative approaches to aid validation

Sian Sloan-Dennison, Gregory Q. Wallace, Waleed A. Hassanain, Stacey Laing, Karen Faulds and Duncan Graham

Nano Convergence, 2024, 11
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Selective Detection of Fungal and Bacterial Glycans with Galactofuranose (Galf) Residues by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering and Machine Learning Methods

Julia Yu. Zvyagina, Robert R. Safiullin, Irina A. Boginskaya, Ekaterina A. Slipchenko, Konstantin N. Afanas‘ev, Marina V. Sedova, Vadim B. Krylov, Dmitry V. Yashunsky, Dmitry A. Argunov, Nikolay E. Nifantiev, Ilya A. Ryzhikov, Alexander M. Merzlikin and Andrey N. Lagarkov

IJMS, 2025, 26, 4218
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Picosecond Laser-Ablated Nanoparticles Loaded Filter Paper for SERS-Based Trace Detection of Thiram, 1,3,5-Trinitroperhydro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), and Nile Blue

Chandu Byram, Jagannath Rathod, Sree Satya Bharati Moram, Akkanaboina Mangababu and Venugopal Rao Soma

Nanomaterials, 2022, 12, 2150
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Ultra-trace detection of diverse analyte molecules using femtosecond laser structured Ag–Au alloy substrates and SERRS

Reshma Beeram and Venugopal Rao Soma

Optical Materials, 2023, 137, 113615
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Low-cost and flexible paper-based plasmonic nanostructure for a highly sensitive SERS substrate

Jun Dong, Yi Cao, Jiaxin Yuan, Haoran Wu, Yizhen Zhao, Chenlu Li, Qingyan Han, Wei Gao, Yongkai Wang and Jianxia Qi

Appl. Opt., 2023, 62, 560
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Hierarchical structure SERS biosensor: A machine learning-driven ultra-sensitive platform for trace detection of amygdalin

Jiahao Cui, Xue Han, Guochao Shi, Kuihua Li, Wenzhi Yuan, Wenying Zhou, Zelong Li and Mingli Wang

Optical Materials, 2023, 143, 114170
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Impact of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Catalysis

Andrei Stefancu, Javier Aizpurua, Ivano Alessandri, Ilko Bald, Jeremy J. Baumberg, Lucas V. Besteiro, Phillip Christopher, Miguel Correa-Duarte, Bart de Nijs, Angela Demetriadou, Renee R. Frontiera, Tomohiro Fukushima, Naomi J. Halas, Prashant K. Jain, Zee Hwan Kim, Dmitry Kurouski, Holger Lange, Jian-Feng Li, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Ivan T. Lucas, Alfred J. Meixner, Kei Murakoshi, Peter Nordlander, William J. Peveler, Raul Quesada-Cabrera, Emilie Ringe, George C. Schatz, Sebastian Schlücker, Zachary D. Schultz, Emily Xi Tan, Zhong-Qun Tian, Lingzhi Wang, Bert M. Weckhuysen, Wei Xie, Xing Yi Ling, Jinlong Zhang, Zhigang Zhao, Ru-Yu Zhou and Emiliano Cortés

ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 29337
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Optimization of Paper-Based Alveolar-Mimicking SERS Sensor for High-Sensitivity Detection of Antifungal Agent

Hyunjun Park, Kyunghwan Chai, Eugene Park, Woochang Kim, Gayoung Kim, Joohyung Park, Wonseok Lee and Jinsung Park

Biosensors, 2024, 14, 566
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Chitosan coated papers as sustainable platforms for the development of surface-enhanced Raman scattering hydrophobic substrates

Natércia C.T. Martins, Sara Fateixa and Tito Trindade

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023, 375, 121388
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Status and applications of femtosecond laser preparation of SERS substrates containing noble metals nanoparticles

Jian Lv, Gong Wang, Yunfei Li, Zihao Li, Yu Yu, Yulei Wang and Zhiwei Lv

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024, 51, 104719
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A review of cross-scale and cross-modal intelligent sensing and detection technology for food quality: Mechanism analysis, decoupling strategy and integrated applications

Wentao Huang, Maosong Yin, Jie Xia and Xiaoshuan Zhang

Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2024, 151, 104646
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Rapid and accurate detection and identification of food additives in liquid environments via enrichment surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy method and sparse feature-based model

Lili Kong, Xinna Yu, Qifang Sun, Jie Chen, Meizhen Huang and Tianyuan Liu

Food Bioscience, 2025, 68, 106804
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Smart REASSURED Sensors via Machine‐Augmented Printable On‐Paper Arrays

Naimeh Naseri and Saba Ranjbar

Advanced Sensor Research, 2026, 5
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Artificial Intelligent‐Enhanced Metabolite Profiling for Intraoperative IDH1 Genotyping in Glioma Using an Orthogonally Responsive SERS Probe

Hang Yin, Xin Zhang, Zheng Zhao, Chong Cao, Minhua Xu, Suhongrui Zhou, Tian Xuan, Ziyi Jin, Limei Han, Yang Fan, Cong Wang, Xiao Zhu, Ying Mao, Jinhua Yu and Cong Li

Advanced Science, 2025, 12
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Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and machine learning for identification of beta-lactam antibiotics resistance gene fragment in bacterial plasmid

Anastasia Skvortsova, Andrii Trelin, Olga Guselnikova, Alexandra Pershina, Barbora Vokata, Vaclav Svorcik and Oleksiy Lyutakov

Analytica Chimica Acta, 2024, 1329, 343118
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Wafer-scale silver nanodendrites with homogeneous distribution of gold nanoparticles for biomolecules detection

V.S. Vendamani, Reshma Beeram, M.M. Neethish, S.V.S. Nageswara Rao and S. Venugopal Rao

iScience, 2022, 25, 104849
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Nanomaterials-driven paper-based biosensors for food contaminants detection: Classification, mechanism and applications

Yang Song, Xiaoyun Xu and Hengyi Xu

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025, 532, 216512
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Review of ultrafast laser ablation for sensing and photonic applications

Chandu Byram, Sree Satya Bharati Moram, Dipanjan Banerjee, Reshma Beeram, Jagannath Rathod and Venugopal Rao Soma

J. Opt., 2023, 25, 043001
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A Multistage Deep Learning Network for Trace Explosive Residues Detection in SERS Chips

Feng Zhang, Jianchun Yang, Xinyu Zhang, Shuaiwu Su, Jiayang Luo, Jiahao Li and Xueming Li

IEEE Sensors J., 2023, 23, 31493
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Label-Free SERS Platform Assisted by Machine Learning for Multi-Target Detection and Physiological State Classification in Sweat

Banglei Zhu, Jin Chen, Bingwei Wang, Huanying Zhou, Rui Xiao, Zhixian Gao and Yu Wang

Anal. Chem., 2025, 97, 20834
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Rapid identification and quantitative analysis of malachite green in fish via SERS and 1D convolutional neural network

Zhaoyi Zhang, Hefu Li, Lili Huang, Hongjun Wang, Huijuan Niu, Zhenshan Yang and Minghong Wang

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2024, 320, 124655
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Recent Trends in SERS-Based Plasmonic Sensors for Disease Diagnostics, Biomolecules Detection, and Machine Learning Techniques

Reshma Beeram, Kameswara Rao Vepa and Venugopal Rao Soma

Biosensors, 2023, 13, 328
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Flexible gold nanoparticle SERS tape for rapid, label-free and ultrasensitive detection and differentiation of Shiga toxin variants

A. D'Avino, A. Milano, V. Marchesano, B. Guilcapi, D. Sagnelli, M. Rippa, L. Zhou, G. Rossi, L. Consagra, M. Brigotti, S. Morabito and L. Petti

Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 2025, 27, 100696
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Rapid and Differential Diagnosis of Sepsis Stages Using an Advanced 3D Plasmonic Bimetallic Alloy Nanoarchitecture‐Based SERS Biosensor Combined with Machine Learning for Multiple Analyte Identification

Woo Hyun Kim, Sungwoo Lee, Myeong Jin Jeon, Kwon Jun Lee, Jong‐Hak Park, Dae Won Park, Sungho Park and Sang Jun Sim

Advanced Science, 2025, 12
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Machine learning driven trace detection of pesticide mixtures using citrate optimized Au nanoparticles based in-expensive efficient micro-drop SERS with portable spectrometer

Shweta Verma, Venkat Suprabath Bitra and B. Tirumala Rao

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2025, 340, 126333
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TriFNet: A triple-branch feature fusion network for pH determination by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Zheng Zhao, Ziyi Jin, Guoqing Wu, Cong Li and Jinhua Yu

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2024, 312, 124048
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Thin photonic crystal templates for enhancing the SERS signal: a case study using very low concentrations of dye molecules

Saranya Narayanan, Pratyasha Sahani, Jagannath Rathod, Venugopal Rao Soma, Ramachandrarao Yalla and B V R Tata

Phys. Scr., 2024, 99, 035512
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Trends in smart surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensors for food hazards

Md Mehedi Hassan, Yi Xu, Jannatul Sayada, Muhammad Zareef, Tianhui Jiao, Min Chen, Xiaomei Chen, Huanhuan Li and Quansheng Chen

Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2025, 163, 105199
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Flexible sensing enabled agri-food cold chain quality control: A review of mechanism analysis, emerging applications, and system integration

Wentao Huang, Xuepei Wang, Jie Xia, Yuliang Li, Luwei Zhang, Huanhuan Feng and Xiaoshuan Zhang

Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2023, 133, 189
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Machine learning-driven multi-level composite SERS platform for trace detection of chlorogenic acid as pharmacodynamic substance in honeysuckle

Wenzhi Yuan, Xue Han, Guochao Shi, Mingli Wang, Wenying Zhou, Jiahao Cui, Fangzheng Liu, Zelong Li, Yanjun Wu and Liyong Wang

Optics & Laser Technology, 2024, 169, 109911
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A Wettability Contrast SERS Droplet Assay for Multiplexed Analyte Detection

Vineeth Puravankara, Aravind Manjeri, Manish M. Kulkarni, Yasutaka Kitahama, Keisuke Goda, Prabhat K. Dwivedi and Sajan D. George

Anal. Chem., 2024, 96, 9141
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Deep learning approach to overcome signal fluctuations in SERS for efficient On-Site trace explosives detection

Reshma Beeram, V.S. Vendamani and Venugopal Rao Soma

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2023, 289, 122218
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