We are organizing a #SERS #Raman MRS symposium in #Cancun Deadline for abstract submission is May 1st. Feel free to email any of the organizers for more information. Great conference and nice beach are powerful combination for good science, networking and fun😀

CHEM 270-151 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

A new #tenure_track assistant prof opening at UVic in inorganic/physical #Chemistry . We invite #womeninSTEM and gender diverse peoples to apply for the opportunity to work in one of the best chemistry Depts in 🇨🇦! uvic.ca/faculty-staf...

Disheartened by funding cuts, international students look beyond the US Chemistry students are exploring programs in Canada, China, and Europe

Research funding cuts by the second Donald J. Trump administration, fluctuating international relations, and rescinded offer letters from US universities are discouraging some prospective students from applying to graduate programs in the US. cen.acs.org/policy/resea... #chemsky🧪#phdsky #academicsky

Disheartened by funding cuts, international students look beyond the US Chemistry students are exploring programs in Canada, China, and Europe

I gave my opinion to #cenmag about the uncertainties that international students are facing in the US cen.acs.org/policy/resea... Canada is an excellent option for international students (including Americans). UVic Chemistry has strong research and we are open for new applications! Check us out!

Chemistry - University of Victoria The Department of Chemistry reaffirms the University’s acknowledgment with respect of the Lkwungen peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the ...

Please, fwd this note to #chemistry #undergraduate students #USA #internationalstudents If you are looking for a good grad school, consider #UVic #Canada Come for exciting research in one of the most beautiful places in the world😀 Check us out! www.uvic.ca/science/chem...

It was a pleasure to give at talk the Dept of Chem at Western Univ in #London (ON). I talked about our work related to quantification using #SERS #Raman_spectroscopy I want to thank everyone who came out to attend the talk. Particularly the students for their interest and insightful questions 😀

I had a great time visiting Prof Francois Lagugné-Labarthet's lab at the Dept of Chem at Western Univ in #London (ON) with my friend Prof. Jen van Wijngaarden from York Univ. I want to congratulate Francois' team efforts on developing #nanotechnology tools for #harmreduction Great work, Francois!

Synergizing microfluidics and plasmonics: advances, applications, and future directions In the past decade, interest in nanoplasmonic structures has experienced significant growth, owing to rapid advancements in materials science and the evolution of novel nanofabrication techniques. The...

The @labonachip.rsc.org review issue is out! It contains our review on the synergy between #plasmonics and #microfluidics. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Thx the Editors and my co-author Prof. Carlos Escobedo for all their support. I hope that this review will be help some students out there 😀

A warning note to all chemistry demonstrators out there...

Factors that Affect Quantification in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an analytical technique capable of detecting trace amounts of specific species. The uniqueness of vibrational signatures is a major advantage of SERS. This combination of sensitivity and specificity has motivated researchers to develop diverse analytical methodologies leveraging SERS. However, even 50 years after its first observation, SERS is still perceived as an unreliable technique for quantification. This perception has precluded the application of SERS in laboratories that rely on consistent quantification (for regulatory purposes, for instance). In this review, we describe some of the aspects that lead to SERS intensity variations and how those challenges were addressed in the 50 years of the technique. The goal is to identify the sources of variations in SERS intensities and then demonstrate that, even with these pitfalls, the technique can be used for quantification when factors such as nature of the substrate, experimental conditions, sample preparation, surface chemistry, and data analysis are carefully considered and tailored for a particular application.

We put together a recent review @pubs.acs.org ACS Nano that contains a road map for #SERS quantification. We hope that this work will help #analytical_chemistry researchers to develop more applications using SERS.

#ChemSky #STEM #nanotechnology #Raman

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Synergizing microfluidics and plasmonics: advances, applications, and future directions In the past decade, interest in nanoplasmonic structures has experienced significant growth, owing to rapid advancements in materials science and the evolution of novel nanofabrication techniques. The...

Do you want to know how to enhance your #microfluidic devices by using #plasmonic sensors? Here is a definitive review in the field that I put together with Prof. Carlos Escobedo from Queens University.

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A historical perspective celebrating the 50 years of surface-enhanced #Raman scattering ( #SERS ). A great example of how scientific advances are at the same time opportunistic and chaotic 🙂 It was a pleasure working with scientists around the world to put this together

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Starting my migration from Twitter (X) to this platform. This is a first post to test the waters 🙂