Ag@SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles for probing spatial distribution of electromagnetic field enhancement via surface-enhanced raman scattering

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3493-3496

  Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Zhipeng ^b   Gu, Baohua ^a   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a,c   Xu, Hongxing ^b,d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field enhancement; Nanoparticles; Raman scattering; Silica; Silver; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; DIRECT OBSERVATION; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; EM FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; LOW-TO-HIGH; MIE THEORY; MOLECULAR CONFINEMENT; NANOSHELLS; POROUS SILICA; RHODAMINE 6G; SERS ENHANCEMENT; SILICA SHELL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; RAMAN SCATTERING; SCATTERING; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACES;

SILVER;

NANOPARTICLE; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE 6G; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; POROSITY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLES; POROSITY; RHODAMINES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 73249147097     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9009533     Document Type: Article

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