SERS for Point-of-care and Clinical Applications

Book excerpt: SERS for Point-of-care and Clinical Applications focuses on the current uses of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (also known as Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering) techniques in the clinical and point-of-care settings. In recent years, improvements in detector technology and nanostructure fabrication have expanded the possibilities of using SERS in biomedical applications. These applications are not always immediately evident to newcomers in the field, as Raman and SERS are often introduced as analytical methods for chemical analysis. This book offers a concise introduction to the biomedical applications of SERS for graduate students, scientists, and researchers in all related fields. Readers are first presented with an overview of SERS biomedical applications, and the remaining sections provide in-depth information about point-of-care and clinical applications of SERS using specific examples from the current literature. The first book of its kind to highlight point-of-care applications of SERS Covers the recent biomedical applications of SERS carried out by leaders in the field Includes chapters on SERS probes and labels and label-free uses of SERS