Ultrahigh SERS activity of the TiO<sub>2</sub>@Ag nanostructure leveraged for accurately detecting CTCs in peripheral blood
Yanping Xu, Dinghu Zhang, Jie Lin, Xiaoxia Wu, Xiawei Xu, Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru, Hao Zhang, Zhewei Zhang, Yujiao Xie, Aiguo Wu, Guoliang Shao
Abstract
Accurately recognizing CTCs in peripheral blood based on the TiO 2 @Ag–R6G–rBSA–FA SERS bioprobe is carefully verified by in situ immunofluorescence staining experiments, which directly supports the CTC detection accuracy of the SERS strategy.
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