Growth of sharp tips on gold nanowires leads to increased surface-enhanced Raman scattering activity

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-27

  Pazos Pérez, Nicolas ^a   Barbosa, Silvia ^a   Rodríguez Lorenzo, Laura ^a   Aldeanueva Potel, Paula ^a   Pérez Juste, Jorge ^a   Pastoriza Santos, Isabel ^a   Alvarez Puebla, Ramón A ^a   Liz Marzán, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles and Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

FINAL WIRES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOWIRE; GOLD WIRE; N ,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; POLY(VINYL PYRROLIDONE); SHARP TIP; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; TUNABILITIES; ULTRA-THIN; ULTRASENSITIVE;

DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; DISPLAY DEVICES; GOLD; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAMAN SCATTERING; WIRE;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77149131243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900004h     Document Type: Article

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