Metal nanoparticles with gain toward single-molecule detection by surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 243-249

  Li, Zhi Yuan ^a   Xia, Younan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gain; Local field enhancement; Metal nanoparticles; SERS; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; GAIN MATERIALS; GAIN MEDIUM; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; LOCAL FIELDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; NANOBOXES; PARTICLE AGGREGATES; SERS ENHANCEMENT; SHARP TIP; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING;

AGGLOMERATION; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

SURFACES;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEOPLASM; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ABSORPTION; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; GOLD; HUMANS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; QUANTUM DOTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 74849109090     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl903409x     Document Type: Article

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