3 papers
q-bio.QM2026
Non-perturbative Bacterial Identification Directly from Solid Agar Plates Using Raman
Jeong Hee Kim, Jia Dong, Marissa Morales +1
Raman spectroscopy is a promising tool for microbial identification, yet its implementation in microbiology and clinical workflow is still restricted due to the accompanying additi…
physics.app-ph2025
Towards Breath Based Diagnostics via Water-mediated Capture of Synthetic Breath Biomarkers in SERS-active Plasmonic Nanogaps
Aditya Garg, Marissa Morales, Aashini Shah +7
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are valuable health indicators, with synthetic breath biomarkers offering rapid and disease specific diagnostics. However, their <100 ppb level ex…
q-bio.CB2025
Interplay of Electrostatic Interaction and Steric Repulsion between Bacteria and Gold Surface Influences Raman Enhancement
Jia Dong, Jeong Hee Kim, Isaac Pincus +4
Plasmonic nanostructures have wide applications in photonics including pathogen detection and diagnosis via Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). Despite major role plasmonic…