Improving surface-enhanced Raman scattering effect using gold-coated hierarchical polystyrene bead substrates modified with postgrowth microwave treatment

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Yuen, Clement ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Huang, Zhiwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Polystyrene bead; Raman spectroscopy; Saliva; Surface enhanced Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DETECTION LIMITS; GOLD-COATED; HIGH QUALITY; MICROWAVE TREATMENT; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLYSTYRENE BEADS; PROBE MOLECULES; RHODAMINE 6G; SALIVA; SERS SPECTRUM; SERS SUBSTRATE; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING;

BODY FLUIDS; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROWAVE HEATING; POLYSTYRENES; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RHODIUM; SCATTERING; SURFACES;

SUBSTRATES;

GOLD; MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE 6G;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

GOLD; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSPHERES; MICROWAVES; POLYSTYRENES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHODAMINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 62449150931     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3050447     Document Type: Article

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