Investigation of the blinking phenomenon in SERS

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5513, Issue , 2004, Pages 107-115

  Jacobson, Michele L ^a   Rowlen, Kathy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COLLOIDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILVER; SULFURIC ACID; THIN FILMS;

OPTICAL RESPONSE; STOKES-SHIFTED LIGHT; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (SERS); THIN METAL FILMS;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

EID: 10644280833     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.560461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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