Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Marlen Petersen, Zhilong Yu, Xiaonan Lu
Summary: Raman spectroscopy plays a crucial role in food safety, offering non-destructive, sensitive, and rapid assessment. Recent advancements have improved detection capabilities of food contaminants, enhancing its applications in the field of food safety.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Li Xiao, Shaolong Feng, Marti Z. Hua, Xiaonan Lu
Summary: A flexible nanocomposite composed of bacterial cellulose (BC) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was developed as a SERS substrate for the sensitive and rapid detection of thiram residues on apple surface. The SERS substrate showed a high enhancement factor and a good linear correlation, with a detection limit satisfying regulatory requirements. This BC-based SERS substrate demonstrated excellent analytical performance and is suitable for the quantitative analysis of pesticides on food surfaces.
Article
Spectroscopy
Joshua C. Gukowsky, Lili He
Summary: This study evaluated the antibiotic response patterns observed in liquid samples from E. coli under different conditions and found that the experimental procedure significantly impacts the resulting SERS signals. The target patterns could only be observed when the bacteria were washed with water and incubated with antibiotics in a nutrient-rich growth medium. These findings can improve existing methods for testing antibiotic responses using SERS.
SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Septila Renata, Nitish Verma, Zhijay Tu, Rong-Long Pan, Mario Hofmann, Chun-Hung Lin
Summary: The study developed a tri-functional nanoprobe for detecting sialic acid on cell surfaces with high sensitivity and spatial resolution. The probe utilized two recognition groups and a Raman reporter to enhance the efficiency of sialic acid recognition and capture.
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Azadeh Nilghaz, Seyed Mahdi Mousavi, Amir Amiri, Junfei Tian, Rong Cao, Xungai Wang
Summary: This article investigates the impact of different substrates on SERS technology in quantitative food safety and quality analysis. The fundamentals, substrate designs, and applications of SERS are discussed, followed by a critical review of its recent progress in screening and detecting chemical and biological contaminants in food samples. The future trends and practical techniques for rapid and low-cost food analysis are also explored.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Wendai Cheng, Ping Tang, Xuanmeng He, Xinyue Xing, Shengde Liu, Feng Zhang, Xiaoxu Lu, Liyun Zhong
Summary: The synthesized Au/Ag composite-based SERS nanoprobe showed significant advantages in sensitivity and response speed for quantitative characterization of Cr3+ content. This nanoprobe might offer a new strategy for dynamic monitoring of Cr3+ content in human metabolism.
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Cheng Qu, Yuzhu Li, Shanshan Du, Yuchuang Geng, Mengke Su, Honglin Liu
Summary: Meat nutrition and safety are closely related to people's health and quality of life. Traditional methods for analyzing meat quality have certain disadvantages, while Raman spectroscopy is gaining more attention for its potential in rapid, non-destructive and portable analysis. This review introduces the principles of common Raman techniques in meat analysis and focuses on their applications in structure analysis, quality evaluation, and security control.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Chia-Chi Huang, Zi-Han Hsu, Yen-Shi Lai
Summary: Food-mediated transmission of viral pathogens is a concern in food safety and public health. Raman spectroscopy provides valuable information for detecting viruses, with advancements in sensitivity and techniques like confocal Raman, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering. The method allows rapid and minimal sample preparation for point-of-care testing, but challenges remain in its further development for food safety testing.
TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Wei Wang, Seju Kang, Peter J. Vikesland
Summary: This study utilized surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to detect bacterial metabolites for bacterial growth quantification and viral infection diagnosis. The time-dependent SERS signal of volatile metabolite and nonvolatile metabolites were detected in bacterial cultures. Multivariate analysis allowed for detection of viral infection with a prediction accuracy of 93% using SERS-based approach.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Ting Lin, Ya-Li Song, Pu Kuang, Si Chen, Zhigang Mao, Ting-Ting Zeng
Summary: The optical technology of Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) plays a significant role in cancer diagnosis, with its performance being highly dependent on the properties and morphology of the substrate. SERS technology offers advantages of rapidity, high specificity, and high sensitivity.
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Daigo Natsuhara, Ryogo Saito, Hiroka Aonuma, Tatsuya Sakurai, Shunya Okamoto, Moeto Nagai, Hirotaka Kanuka, Takayuki Shibata
Summary: This study presents PDMS-based microfluidic devices for fast and easy multiplexed genetic diagnosis of multiple viral infectious diseases, including COVID-19. A microfluidic flow control theory is introduced for device optimization, along with a passive stop valve to improve device performance. The colorimetric RT-LAMP assay allows for the detection of four viral infectious diseases within 30 minutes using hue-based quantitative analysis and naked eye observation with the microfluidic devices.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Chao Liu, Di Xu, Xuan Dong, Qing Huang
Summary: Surface-enhanced Raman scattering/spectroscopy (SERS) is widely used as a non-destructive and highly sensitive analytical tool in various fields, including agriculture. This review provides an overview of different strategies for fabricating SERS substrates and discusses their applications and effective solutions to practical problems in agriculture. SERS-based sensors offer convenience and unique advantages in sample preparation and instrument operation, and researchers are striving to develop advanced SERS sensing techniques to meet the needs of the agricultural sector.
TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tudor Moisoiu, Stefania D. Iancu, Dan Burghelea, Mihnea P. Dragomir, Gheorghita Iacob, Andrei Stefancu, Ramona G. Cozan, Oana Antal, Zoltan Balint, Valentin Muntean, Radu I. Badea, Emilia Licarete, Nicolae Leopold, Florin I. Elec
Summary: This study demonstrates the potential of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) profiling of serum as a liquid biopsy strategy for detecting renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The SERS analysis successfully distinguished RCC patients from controls and suggests the usefulness of SERS as a diagnostic and screening tool for RCC.
Review
Optics
Yafeng Qi, Yuhong Liu, Jianbin Luo
Summary: Raman spectroscopy, a label-free optical technology, has been widely used in tumor diagnosis. In the past 3 years, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in various Raman technologies has been rapidly developing. This article introduces three technical methods and analyzes the diagnosis process, highlighting the emerging AI applications in tumor diagnosis. Finally, it presents the challenges and limitations of existing diagnostic methods, as well as the prospects of AI-enabled diagnostic methods.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Guoyong Jiang, Yu Li, Jinghan Liu, Ling Liu, Fuwei Pi
Summary: Aptamer sensors, based on molecular interactions, have been extensively studied for their ability to specifically identify food contaminants. The integration of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy with aptamers offers advantages in sensitivity and speed. These sensors have applications in detecting biological and chemical contamination in food.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
(2022)
