title: Surface-enhanced Raman scattering studies on immunoassay.
abstract: Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has recently been a matter of keen interest from the points of both basic science and applications because by using the SERS effect one can obtain Raman signals even from a single molecule. Immunoassay is one of the most promising fields in the applications of SERS, and the purpose of this review paper is to discuss the potential of SERS in immunoassay. This paper consists of four parts work on the indirect and direct methods of immunoassay via SERS. These methods provide the laboratorial attempts on biomedical diagnostic applications of SERS.
authors.affiliation: Jilin University, Key Laboratory for Supramolecular Structure and Material of Ministry of Education, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shuping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiaohui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Weiqing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xiaoming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Yubai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozaki
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D008027:Light; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical