Detection of explosives based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 4362-4366

  Wackerbarth, Hainer ^a   Salb, Christian ^a   Gundrum, Lars ^a   Niederkrüger, Matthias ^a   Christou, Konstantin ^a   Beushausen, Volker ^a   Viöl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LASER LABORATORIUM GÖTTINGEN E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE SCATTERING;

ACETONITRILE SOLUTIONS; DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES; GOLD SUBSTRATES; NANOSTRUCTURED GOLD; SERS SPECTRUM; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRIACETONE TRIPEROXIDE;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 77955896720     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.004362     Document Type: Article

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