Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Abstract

The discovery of the enhancement of Raman scattering by molecules adsorbed on nanostructured metal surfaces is a landmark in the history of spectroscopic and analytical techniques. Significant experimental and theoretical effort has been directed toward understanding the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect and demonstrating its potential in various types of ultrasensitive sensing applications in a wide variety of fields. In the 45 years since its discovery, SERS has blossomed into a rich area of research and technology, but additional efforts are still needed before it can be routinely used analytically and in commercial products. In this Review, prominent authors from around the world joined together to summarize the state of the art in understanding and using SERS and to predict what can be expected in the near future in terms of research, applications, and technological development. This Review is dedicated to SERS pioneer and our coauthor, the late Prof. Richard Van Duyne, whom we lost during the preparation of this article.

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• Helmholtz Institute Jena DE
• Donostia International Physics Center ES
• Hokkaido University JP
• Temple University US
• Friedrich Schiller University Jena DE
• Universitat Rovira i Virgili ES
• Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine ES
• Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology DE
• The Velux Foundations DK
• Kwansei Gakuin University JP
• Jilin University CN
• Duke University US
• State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
• Danish National Research Foundation DK
• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München DE
• University of Victoria CA
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram IN
• National Research Council Canada CA
• Freie Universität Berlin DE
• Wuhan University CN
• Ikerbasque ES
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign US
• Northwestern University US
• University of Duisburg-Essen DE
• University of Iowa US
• University of Minnesota US
• Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin DE
• Northeastern University CN
• Victoria University of Wellington NZ
• State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology CN
• MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology NZ
• Technical University of Denmark DK
• University of California, Santa Barbara US
• Queen's University Belfast GB
• National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology JP
• Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials CN
• Jiangnan University CN
• Seoul National University KR
• University of Cambridge GB
• The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies NZ
• Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology JP
• University of Liverpool GB
• Chalmers University of Technology SE
• Institute of Photonic Sciences ES
• Nanosystems Initiative Munich DE
• Chung-Ang University KR
• Nanyang Technological University SG
• Stanford University US
• Universidade de Vigo ES
• Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats ES
• University of Michigan US
• Xiamen University CN
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey US
• CIC biomaGUNE ES
• Heidelberg University DE
• University of Strathclyde GB

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