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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

A Review of High-Sensitivity SERS-Active Photonic Crystal Fiber Sensors for Chemical and Biological Detection.

Jiaying Luo, Jia Sun, Huacai Chen, Chunliu Zhao, Manping Ye

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jiaying LuoCollege of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Jia SunCollege of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Huacai ChenCollege of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Chunliu ZhaoCollege of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Manping YeCollege of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9511-9834

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 21103155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review critically surveys the emerging integration of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) with photonic-crystal fibers (PCFs) for chemical and biological detection, an area still scarce in the literature. SERS exploits electromagnetic and chemical enhancement to overcome the intrinsic weakness of Raman scattering, while PCF offers low transmission loss and a strong evanescent field that further amplify the signal. The structural designs of PCF, encompassing solid-core and hollow-core variants, are discussed and their respective advantages in different sensing scenarios are presented. Applications in chemical detection, biomedicine, and explosive identification are detailed, demonstrating the versatility and potential of PCF-SERS sensors. Future efforts will focus on robust PCF geometries that guarantee stable and reproducible signals, AI-driven spectral algorithms, hybrid fibre architectures and scalable manufacturing. These advances are expected to translate PCF-SERS from bench-top demonstrations to routine deployment in environmental monitoring, clinical diagnostics and food-safety control.

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesSpectrum Analysis, RamanHumansOptical FibersPhotonschemical sensorsPhotonic Crystal Fibers (PCFs)sensorsSurface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

Identifiers

PMID41305190
PMCPMC12656108

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