Surface-enhanced Raman excitation spectroscopy of a single rhodamine 6G molecule

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 849-854

  Dieringer, Jon A ^a   Wustholz, Kristin L ^a   Masiello, David J ^a   Camden, Jon P ^a   Kleinman, Samuel L ^a   Schatz, George C ^a   Van Duyne, Richard P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG ISLAND FILM; COLLOIDAL AGGREGATES; DETECTION SCHEME; EXCITATION PROFILE; EXCITATION SOURCES; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; MOLECULAR RESONANCES; RAMAN EXCITATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESONANCE RAMAN; RHODAMINE 6G; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE MOLECULE MEASUREMENTS; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN; VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES; VIBRONIC TRANSITION;

ISOTOPES; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; RESONANCE; SILVER;

MOLECULES;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; RHODAMINE 6G;

ARTICLE; EXCITATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REDUCTION;

EID: 67749103812     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8080154     Document Type: Article

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