Explosive substances remain to be a foremost global concern regarding terror threats or even harmful ecological impact. Because of this, there is an urgent need for a sensitive, fast, cheap, portable and reliable tool for trace recognition of such hazardous agents. Among the various laser-based methods, Raman Spectroscopy is the only technique that can satisfy the above-listed criteria. Modern nanoengineering enables lifting the potential of the method beyond the existing limits. Due to local-field confinement, the characteristic vibrational fingerprint can be enhanced up to 10⁷-10¹² allowing to operate at ultra-low concentrations; thus, even explosive traces can be detected accurately. The NOOSE project proposes a single-step plasma-assisted approach for surface nanopatterning of transition metals (Mo, Nb, V, Ta, Cu, Ti) which will undergo further development to become efficient SERS substrates as an outcome product, which could be used in passenger rubbing search or implemented for volatile molecule recognition in sensors. Total Budget 350300 Euro. Budget for NCSR Demokritos 56000 Euro. The project partners are: Jožef Stefan Institute (Slovenia), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel), National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute” (Ukraine), NCSR Demokritos (Greece). For more information please visit NATO - Science for Peace and Security