Plasmonic Nanomaterials for SERS Applications: Progress and Trends

Dear Colleagues,

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) combines nanotechnology with conventional Raman spectroscopy to afford an ultrasensitive and highly specific analytical tool that has been exploited as the optical signal readout in a variety of physical and chemical applications. The SERS effect primarily relies on the excitation of localized surface plasmon resonances at the surface of nanostructured plasmonic materials. Thus, progresses in the precise design and fabrication of plasmonic substrates with tailored morphologies, high and reproducible enhancing performances and, when applicable, multifunctional features have been major driving forces in boosting the technological advances and applications of SERS spectroscopy. The successful translation of the analytical potential of SERS into viable commercial devices is also dependent on the ability to produce excellent plasmonic substrates at a large scale and in a cost-effective fashion.

This Special Issue focuses on presenting and discussing the most recent technological advances in the design of plasmonic nanomaterials, such as SERS substrates, for their application in diverse fields such as biosensing, environmental monitoring and catalysis.

We kindly invite all experts in the field to submit their manuscripts to be considered for publication. Original research papers, both experimental and theoretical, as well as review articles are welcome.

Dr. Luca Guerrini
Dr. Nicolás Carlos Pazos Pérez
Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Giannini
Guest Editors

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• plasmonics
• surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
• nanotechnology
• nanoparticles
• nanofabrication
• chemical sensing
• diagnosis
• environmental monitoring