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    Present and future of surface-enhanced Raman scattering
    (Washington, DC : ACS Publications, 2020) Langer, Judith; de Aberasturi, Dorleta Jimenez; Aizpurua, Javier; Alvarez-Puebla, Ramon A.; Auguié, Baptiste; Baumberg, Jeremy J.; Bazan, Guillermo C.; Bell, Steven E.J.; Boisen, Anja; Brolo, Alexandre G.; Choo, Jaebum; Cialla-May, Dana; Deckert, Volker; Fabris, Laura; Faulds, Karen; de Abajo, F. Javier García; Goodacre, Royston; Graham, Duncan; Haes, Amanda J.; Haynes, Christy L.; Huck, Christian; Itoh, Tamitake; Käll, Mikael; Kneipp, Janina; Kotov, Nicholas A.; Kuang, Hua; Le Ru, Eric C.; Lee, Hiang Kwee; Li, Jian-Feng; Ling, Xing Yi; Maier, Stefan A.; Mayerhöfer, Thomas; Moskovits, Martin; Murakoshi, Kei; Nam, Jwa-Min; Nie, Shuming; Ozaki, Yukihiro; Pastoriza-Santos, Isabel; Perez-Juste, Jorge; Popp, Juergen; Pucci, Annemarie; Reich, Stephanie; Ren, Bin; Schatz, George C.; Shegai, Timur; Schlücker, Sebastian; Tay, Li-Lin; Thomas, K. George; Tian, Zhong-Qun; Van Duyne, Richard P.; Vo-Dinh, Tuan; Wang, Yue; Willets, Katherine A.; Xu, Chuanlai; Xu, Hongxing; Xu, Yikai; Yamamoto, Yuko S.; Zhao, Bing; Liz-Marzán, Luis M.
    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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    Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy-based evaluation of the membrane protein composition of the organohalide-respiring Sulfurospirillum multivorans
    (Chichester [u.a.] : Wiley, 2021) Cialla-May, Dana; Gadkari, Jennifer; Winterfeld, Andreea; Hübner, Uwe; Weber, Karina; Diekert, Gabriele; Schubert, Torsten; Goris, Tobias; Popp, Jürgen
    Bacteria often employ different respiratory chains that comprise membrane proteins equipped with various cofactors. Monitoring the protein inventory that is present in the cells under a given cultivation condition is often difficult and time-consuming. One example of a metabolically versatile bacterium is the microaerophilic organohalide-respiring Sulfurospirillum multivorans. Here, we used surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to quickly identify the cofactors involved in the respiration of S. multivorans. We cultured the organism with either tetrachloroethene (perchloroethylene, PCE), fumarate, nitrate, or oxygen as electron acceptors. Because the corresponding terminal reductases of the four different respiratory chains harbor different cofactors, specific fingerprint signals in SERS were expected. Silver nanostructures fabricated by means of electron beam lithography were coated with the membrane fractions extracted from the four S. multivorans cultivations, and SERS spectra were recorded. In the case of S. multivorans cultivated with PCE, the recorded SERS spectra were dominated by Raman peaks specific for Vitamin B12. This is attributed to the high abundance of the PCE reductive dehalogenase (PceA), the key enzyme in PCE respiration. After cultivation with oxygen, fumarate, or nitrate, no Raman spectral features of B12 were found. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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    Using Raman spectroscopy in infection research
    (Heidelberg : Spektrum, 2022) Cialla-May, Dana; Rösch, Petra; Popp, Jürgen
    Raman spectroscopy allows to analyze bacteria and other microorganisms label and destruction free. With different Raman techniques either colonies on agar plates or small structures like single bacterial cells can be analyzed allowing for their identification as well as enabling 2D and 3D information of intracellular bacteria or biofilms. Using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) allows detecting and identifying viruses as well as antibiotics relevant in the treatment of infections.