2025

Yi, J., You, E. M., Hu, R., Wu, D. Y., Liu, G. K., Yang, Z. L., … & Tian, Z. Q. (2025). Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a half-century historical perspective. Chemical Society Reviews.

2024

Jin, Y., Kondov, B., Kondov, G., Singhal, S., Nie, S., & Gruev, V. (2024). Convolutional neural network advances in demosaicing for fluorescent cancer imaging with color–near-infrared sensors. Journal of biomedical optics, 29(7), 076005-076005.

Srivastava, I., Xue, R., Huang, H. K., Wang, Z., Jones, J., Vasquez, I., … & Nie, S. (2024). Biomimetic-Membrane-Protected Plasmonic Nanostructures as Dual-Modality Contrast Agents for Correlated Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering and Photoacoustic Detection of Hidden Tumor Lesions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(7), 8554-8569.

Li, L., Guissi, N. E. I., Peng, Y., Nie, S., Cai, H., Butch, C. J., & Wang, Y. (2024). Butterfly oscillation of an ICG dimer enables ultra-high photothermal conversion efficiency. Cell Reports Physical Science, 5(1).

Wang, C., Meng, W., Luo, G., Xu, G., Peng, M., Xu, B., … & Deng, Z. (2024). RGB tri-luminescence in organic–inorganic zirconium halide perovskites. Chemical Science, 15(8), 2954-2962.

2023

Bian, Z., Wallum, A., Mehmood, A., Gomez, E., Wang, Z., Pandit, S., … & Gruebele, M. (2023). Properties of Carbon Dots versus Small Molecules from “Bottom-up” Synthesis. ACS nano, 17(22), 22788-22799.

Chen, C., Wang, Z., Wu, J., Deng, Z., Zhang, T., Zhu, Z., … & Gruev, V. (2023). Bioinspired, vertically stacked, and perovskite nanocrystal–enhanced CMOS imaging sensors for resolving UV spectral signatures. Science Advances, 9(44), eadk3860.

Deng, Z., Wang, C., Meng, W., Luo, G., Peng, M., Xu, B., & Nie, S. (2023). Triexciton induced RGB emission of organic-inorganic zirconium halide perovskites.

Lin, L., He, H., Xue, R., Zhang, Y., Wang, Z., Nie, S., & Ye, J. (2023). Direct and quantitative assessments of near-infrared light attenuation and spectroscopic detection depth in biological tissues using surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Med-X, 1(1), 9.

Chen, C., Wang, Z., Wu, J., Deng, Z., Zhang, T., Zhu, Z., … & Gruev, V. (2023, August). Bioinspired UV-Visible Multispectral Imaging Sensor Enabled by Perovskite Nanocrystal Coating. In Imaging Systems and Applications (pp. ITh3E-3). Optica Publishing Group.

George, M. B., Lew, B., Blair, S., Zhu, Z., Liang, Z., Srivastava, I., … & Gruev, V. (2023). Bioinspired color-near infrared endoscopic imaging system for molecular guided cancer surgery. Journal of biomedical optics, 28(5), 056002.

Srivastava, I., Lew, B., Wang, Y., Blair, S., George, M. B., Hajek, B. S., … & Gruev, V. (2023). Cell-Membrane Coated Nanoparticles for Tumor Delineation and Qualitative Estimation of Cancer Biomarkers at Single Wavelength Excitation in Murine and Phantom Models. ACS nano.

Lin, L., Xue, R., Nie, S., (2023) “Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanoparticles for biodiagnostics, bioimaging, and spectroscopy-guided cancer surgery”, Encyclopedia of Nanomaterials, (Vol. 3), doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-822425-0.00111-1

2022

Wu, Z., Wang, Z., Xie, H., Wang, Y., He, H., Nie, S., … & Lin, L. (2022). Raman-Guided Bronchoscopy: Feasibility and Detection Depth Studies Using Ex Vivo Lung Tissues and SERS Nanoparticle Tags. Photonics (Vol. 9, No. 6, p. 429). MDPI.

Srivastava, I., Xue, R., Jones, J., Rhee, H., Flatt, K., Gruev, V., & Nie, S. (2022). Biomimetic Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanoparticles with Improved Dispersibility, Signal Brightness, and Tumor Targeting Functions. ACS nano.

Che, C., Xue, R., Li, N., Gupta, P., Wang, X., Zhao, B., … & Cunningham, B. T. (2022). Accelerated Digital Biodetection Using Magneto-plasmonic Nanoparticle-Coupled Photonic Resonator Absorption Microscopy. ACS nano, 16(2), 2345-2354.

2021

Srivastava, I., Moitra, P., Fayyaz, M., Pandit, S., Kampert, T. L., Fathi, P., … & Pan, D. (2021). Rational Design of Surface-State Controlled Multicolor Cross-Linked Carbon Dots with Distinct Photoluminescence and Cellular Uptake Properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(50), 59747-59760.

Ostadhossein, F., Moitra, P., Altun, E., Dutta, D., Sar, D., Tripathi, I., … & Pan, D. (2021). Function-adaptive clustered nanoparticles reverse Streptococcus mutans dental biofilm and maintain microbiota balance. Communications biology, 4(1), 1-16.

Blair, S., Garcia, M., Davis, T., Zhu, Z., Liang, Z., Konopka, C., … & Gruev, V. (2021). Hexachromatic bioinspired camera for image-guided cancer surgery. Science Translational Medicine, 13(592), eaaw7067.

2020

Pandit, S., Dutta, D., & Nie, S. (2020). Active transcytosis and new opportunities for cancer nanomedicine. Nature Materials, 19(5), 478-480.

2019

Pandit, S., Banerjee, T., Srivastava, I., Nie, S., & Pan, D. (2019). Machine Learning Assisted Array-based Biomolecular Sensing Using Surface Functionalized Carbon Dots. ACS sensors.

Srivastava, I.,  Khamo, J. S.,  Pandit, S.,  Fathi, P.,  Huang, X.,  Cao, A.,  Haasch, R. T.,  Nie, S.,  Zhang, K., Pan, D. (2019) Influence of Electron Acceptor and Electron Donor on the Photophysical Properties of Carbon Dots: A Comparative Investigation at the Bulk-State and Single-Particle Level. Adv. Funct. Mater. , 29 (37), 1902466.

Featured Publications

Lane, L. A., Qian, X., & Nie, S. (2015). SERS nanoparticles in medicine: from label-free detection to spectroscopic tagging. Chemical reviews, 115(19), 10489-10529.

Smith, A. M., Mancini, M. C., & Nie, S. (2009). Bioimaging: second window for in vivo imaging. Nature nanotechnology, 4(11), 710.

Qian, X. M., & Nie, S. M. (2008). Single-molecule and single-nanoparticle SERS: from fundamental mechanisms to biomedical applications. Chemical Society Reviews, 37(5), 912-920.

Qian, X., Peng, X. H., Ansari, D. O., Yin-Goen, Q., Chen, G. Z., Shin, D. M., … & Nie, S. (2008). In vivo tumor targeting and spectroscopic detection with surface-enhanced Raman nanoparticle tags. Nature biotechnology, 26(1), 83.

Gao, X., Cui, Y., Levenson, R. M., Chung, L. W., & Nie, S. (2004). In vivo cancer targeting and imaging with semiconductor quantum dots. Nature biotechnology, 22(8), 969.

Han, M., Gao, X., Su, J. Z., & Nie, S. (2001). Quantum-dot-tagged microbeads for multiplexed optical coding of biomolecules. Nature biotechnology, 19(7), 631.

Chan, W. C., & Nie, S. (1998). Quantum dot bioconjugates for ultrasensitive nonisotopic detection. Science, 281(5385), 2016-2018.

Nie, S., & Emory, S. R. (1997). Probing single molecules and single nanoparticles by surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Science, 275(5303), 1102-1106.