Single-order, subwavelength resonant nanograting as a uniformly hot substrate for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1780-1786

  Deng, Xuegong ^a   Braun, Gary B ^a   Liu, Sheng ^a   Sciortino Jr , Paul F ^a   Koefer, Bob ^a   Tombler, Thomas ^a   Moskovits, Martin ^a  

^a API Technologies Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Near infrared total absorption; Plasmonic substrate; Reproducible SERS; Small molecule sensing; Subwavelength gold grating

Indexed keywords

GOLD GRATINGS; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR INFRARED TOTAL ABSORPTION; PLASMONIC SUBSTRATE; SMALL MOLECULES; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

ABSORPTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC WIRE; GOLD; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOWIRES; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICA; SURFACES;

SILICON WAFERS;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77952382772     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl1003587     Document Type: Article

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