Methodologies for developing surface-enhanced raman scattering (SERS) substrates for detection of chemical and biological molecules

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 608-616

  Dhawan, Anuj ^a   Du, Yan ^b   Yan, Fei ^c   Gerhold, Michael D ^a   Misra, Veena ^b   Vo Dinh, Tuan ^d  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annealing; Focused ion beam; Nanoislands; Nanopillars; Nanowires; Surface plasmons; Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

Indexed keywords

NANO-ISLANDS; NANOPILLARS; SURFACE PLASMONS; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

ANNEALING; BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL DETECTION; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; IONS; METALLIC FILMS; MOLECULES; NANOWIRES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SCATTERING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURFACES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 77649108578     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2038634     Document Type: Article

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