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Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), as a rapid and nondestructive biological detection method, holds great promise for clinical on spot and early diagnosis. In order to address the challenging demands of on spot detection of biomedical samples, a variety of strategies has been developed. These strategies include substrate structural and component engineering, data processing techniques, as well as combination with other analytical methods. This report summarizes the recent SERS developments for biomedical detection, and their promising applications in cancer detection, virus or bacterial infection detection, miscarriage spotting, neurological disease screening et al. The first part discusses the frequently used SERS substrate component and structures, the second part reports on the detection strategies for nucleic acids, proteins, bacteria, and virus, the third part summarizes their promising applications in clinical detection in a variety of illnesses, and the forth part reports on recent development of SERS in combination with other analytical techniques. The special merits, challenges, and perspectives are discussed in both introduction and conclusion sections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Piezocatalysis is considered as an emerging alternative to the traditional anthraquinone oxidation process to produce hydrogen peroxide by directly converting mechanical energy into chemical energy. However, the development of low‐cost, recyclable piezocatalysts with excellent piezoelectric performance is highly desired but also challenging. Herein, phosphorous‐doped graphite phase carbon nitride (PCN) as a filler was added to polytetrafluoroethylene‐hexafluoropropylene (PVDF‐HFP), and this nonmetal composite film with porous structure and rich β phase shows enhanced piezoelectricity. The synergy effects of the matrix and filler in mutual promoting their catalytic‐relevant properties (piezoelectrical capacities and carrier densities) ensure high H2O2 production up to 668.56 μmol ⋅ gcat−1 ⋅ h−1. The randomly fluctuating electrical fields disturb the strong adsorption of the *OOH intermediate and promote its desorption and subsequently the production of H2O2. The composite film can be used multiple times and easily recycled. This work provides novel insights in the piezocatalytic processes and inspire the development of excellent piezocatalysts for practical peroxide production at the consuming locations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The molecularly selective catalysis in enzyme is central to life. However, their functioning mechanism remains elusive. We propose here that the synergistic effects from (i) effective orbital hybridizing and energy gap decreasing via chelating on single Zr atom as the catalytic center, (ii) selective supramolecular encapsulation in the cage, and (iii) piezoelectrical field motivation are able to achieve the enzyme-mimetic molecular selective high performance catalysis. Metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) are added into a piezoelectrical polymer matrix to achieve the composite structure where ultrasonic treatment motivates redox reactions in the MOP-guest complex. Encapsulated and chelated guest such as Rhodamine B (RhB) is effectively converted with ratios higher than 90 % after 100 min. In comparison, molecules inefficient in either cage encapsulation or chelating with the Zr center can not be converted. This study first proposes a synergistic plot for enzyme-mimetic catalyst realization and is expected to inspire new mentality in efficient catalyst designing., (© 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH.)