Engineering SERS via absorption control in novel hybrid Ni/Au nanovoids

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 13298-13308

  Cole, Robin M ^a   Mahajan, Sumeet ^a   Bartlett, Phil N ^b   Baumberg, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NICKEL; RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE SCATTERING;

ABSORPTION CONTROL; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; LARGE SURFACES; NANOVOID STRUCTURE; PLASMON MODES; SELECTIVE COUPLING; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS;

PLASMONS;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GOLD; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 68349146375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013298     Document Type: Article

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