Fabrication of gold tips suitable for tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1761-1764

  Williams, Craig ^a,b   Roy, Debdulal ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; ASPECT RATIO; FABRICATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; ELECTRO-CHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; ETCHING PROCESSES; LATERAL FORCES; SHARP TIP; SIMPLE METHODS; TIME CONSUMING; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 53349117978     PISSN: 10711023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.2981078     Document Type: Article

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