... functionalized nanoparticle nanoparticle assembly surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) The ability to detect specific sequences of DNA in a highly sensitive and selective manner is of vital importance in molecular diagnostics, an area that is continually working towards faster and more...

... these constraints by using functionalized nanoparticles which either have a permanent SERRS signal incorporated into them or which give a SERRS signal in response to a biological event or interaction. Surface enhancement of Raman signals is only possible by using a metal that has a characteristic SPR (surface...