Biomolecular Detection by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

Abstract

The improvement in the clinical diagnose is needed for early and selective detection of diseases. With the current disruptive life style there is an increment in the number of people being affected with life threatening diseases which are difficult to detect in their early stages. Traditional methods used in pathology are not appropriate to meet these challenges as they are time consuming, cannot detect very low concentration of molecules and many other limitations restricting their use. In this study, we are able to understand the importance of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for low level detection of biomolecules. By using SERS technique, we can eliminate these limitations. SERS provides fast low level detection of various important biological / pathological biomarkers.