“…The excessive and prolonged use of pesticides is becoming one of potentially toxic sources to damage human health. , Recently, the application of flexible SERS substrates for detecting pesticides on the surface of agricultural products (e.g., fruits, vegetables, and fishes) and pesticides in the liquid foods (e.g., fruit juice) has attracted much attention, ,,,,, especially 3D spongy flexible substrates for in situ extraction of pesticides. ,, Herein, thiram was selected as a characteristic pesticide for studying the application of the spongy flexible bPEI/AgNPs SERS substrate because thiram has been widely used as a protective fungicide in the agriculture field. , …”