Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Current Understanding, Challenges, and Opportunities

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When the Signal Is Not from the Original Molecule To Be Detected: Chemical Transformation of para-Aminothiophenol on Ag during the SERS Measurement

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Fundamental understanding and applications of plasmon-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

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Toward a New Era of SERS and TERS at the Nanometer Scale: From Fundamentals to Innovative Applications

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From plasmon-enhanced molecular spectroscopy to plasmon-mediated chemical reactions

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Selective Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering for Quantitative Detection of Lung Cancer Biomarkers in Superparticle@MOF Structure

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Reliable Quantitative SERS Analysis Facilitated by Core–Shell Nanoparticles with Embedded Internal Standards

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Label-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Detection of DNA with Single-Base Sensitivity

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Single-Molecule Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Crystal Violet Isotopologues: Theory and Experiment

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Single test-based diagnosis of multiple cancer types using Exosome-SERS-AI for early stage cancers

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Simultaneous Detection of Dual Prostate Specific Antigens Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering-Based Immunoassay for Accurate Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

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Monitoring of Endogenous Hydrogen Sulfide in Living Cells Using Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering

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Au@ZIF-8 Core–Shell Nanoparticles as a SERS Substrate for Volatile Organic Compound Gas Detection

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Multiplexed Discrimination of Single Amino Acid Residues in Polypeptides in a Single SERS Hot Spot

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Quantifying Surface Temperature of Thermoplasmonic Nanostructures

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Surface-Enhanced Raman Trajectories on a Nano-Dumbbell: Transition from Field to Charge Transfer Plasmons as the Spheres Fuse

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Directional conformer exchange in dihydrofolate reductase revealed by single-molecule nanopore recordings

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Resolving nanostructure and chemistry of solid-electrolyte interphase on lithium anodes by depth-sensitive plasmon-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

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Highly Sensitive SERS Quantification of the Oncogenic Protein c-Jun in Cellular Extracts

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