Enhancement factor distribution around a single surface-enhanced Raman scattering hot spot and its relation to single molecule detection

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Le Ru, E C ^a   Etchegoin, P G ^a   Meyer, M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

FACTOR DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE MOLECULE DETECTION; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 33751579308     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2390694     Document Type: Article

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