Understanding the SERS effects of single silver nanoparticles and their dimers, one at a time

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 696-703

  Rycenga, Matthew ^a   Camargo, Pedro H C ^a   Li, Weiyang ^a   Moran, Christine H ^a   Xia, Younan ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; DIMERIC UNITS; HOT SPOT; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; NANOSCALE CHARACTERIZATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCY; RAMAN MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SERS ENHANCEMENT; SERS SPECTRUM; SERS SUBSTRATE; SHAPE CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE NANOPARTICLE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

AGGLOMERATION; DIMERS; MICROSCOPES; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACES;

SILVER;

EID: 77749273764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900286a     Document Type: Review

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