“…Platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) are noble transition metals, whose excellent catalytic and electrochemical properties have been widely used in modern technologies, including chemical and biosensing [ 33 , 34 , 35 ], photocatalysis [ 36 , 37 ], electrocatalysis [ 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 ], and Si nanowire growth [ 4 , 42 ]. Although they are promising candidates for a variety of applications, they are not favorably suited for detection via Raman spectroscopy, also called as Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS).…”