Detection and identification of a single DNA base molecule using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1998, Pages

  Kneipp, Katrin ^a   Kneipp, Harald ^a   Kartha, V Bhaskaran ^a   Manoharan, Ramasamy ^a   Deinum, Geurt ^a   Itzkan, Irving ^a   Dasari, Ramachandra R ^a   Feld, Michael S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COLLOIDS; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ADENINE; COLLOIDAL SILVER CLUSTER; STOKES RATIO; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; VIBRATIONAL PUMPING; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

EID: 0001558921     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.57.R6281     Document Type: Article

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