Synthesis of Aucore-Agshell type bimetallic nanoparticles for single molecule detection in solution by SERS method

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-61

  Mandal, Madhuri ^a   Jana, Nikhil Ranjan ^b   Kundu, Subrata ^a   Ghosh, Sujit Kumar ^a   Panigrahi, Mruganka ^a   Pal, Tarasankar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aucore Agshell; Chemical effect; Coated nanoparticles; Crystal violet; Electromagnetic effect; SERS

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; GOLD; METAL; SILVER;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 3543005943     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NANO.0000023227.17871.0f     Document Type: Article

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