Plasmonic nanoparticle arrays with nanometer separation for high-performance SERS substrates

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2749-2754

  Theiss, Jesse ^a   Pavaskar, Prathamesh ^a   Echternach, Pierre M ^b   Muller, Richard E ^b   Cronin, Stephen B ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

angle evaporation; nanogap; plasmonics; SERS; shadow mask

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICRO-RAMAN; DYE MOLECULE; ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITIES; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; HRTEM IMAGES; INCIDENT LASER; LASER LIGHTS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANO-GAP; NANOMETER SEPARATION; NANOPARTICLE ARRAY; NANOPARTICLE PAIRS; PERPENDICULAR POLARIZATION; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE ARRAYS; PLASMONICS; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; RAMAN INTENSITIES; SERS; SERS ENHANCEMENT; SERS SUBSTRATE; SHADOW MASK; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; EVAPORATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON NITRIDE; SUBSTRATES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77955579665     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl904170g     Document Type: Article

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