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ArticleNature communications2025

Chemistry-informed recommender system to predict optimal molecular receptors in SERS nanosensors.

Emily Xi Tan, Yong Xiang Leong, Shan Huei Lim, Mike Wei Kuang Chng, In Yee Phang, Xing Yi Ling

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Emily Xi Tan *School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5643-974X
Yong Xiang Leong *School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Shan Huei LimSchool of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Mike Wei Kuang ChngSchool of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
In Yee PhangKey Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Laboratory for Nano Energy Composites, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China. phanginyee@jiangnan.edu.cn.
Xing Yi LingSchool of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. xyling@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5495-6428

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Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) A20E5c0082
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple molecular receptors amplify signal variance from various receptor-analyte interactions, enhancing the specificity of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection. Currently, the number and type of receptors are manually determined based on chemical intuition and trial-and-error experimentation, often leading to inefficiency, errors, and missed opportunities. Here, we design a chemistry-informed SERS receptor recommender system (RS) powered by a three-stage 'identify, rank, and recommend' XGBoost framework. Our RS predicts the best receptors to interact with structurally similar haloanisoles and generate distinct SERS superprofiles for enhanced differentiation, attaining over 95% accuracy. Leveraging collaborative filtering with our RS database, we further showcase receptor recommendations for an unidentified haloanisole based on its molecular structure and chemical reactivity, even before experimentally collecting its SERS data. This systematic and data-driven methodology based on cheminformatics represents a shift from empirical discovery to an efficient approach for receptor optimization for complex sensing applications involving structurally similar analytes.

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