Separation of electromagnetic and chemical contributions to surface-enhanced Raman spectra on nanoengineered plasmonic substrates

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2740-2746

  Saikin, Semion K ^a   Chu, Yizhuo ^b   Rappoport, Dmitrij ^a   Crozier, Kenneth B ^b   Aspuru Guzik, Alán ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENETHIOLS; CHEMICAL EFFECT; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENHANCEMENT; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; METAL CLUSTER; NANOSTRUCTURED GOLD; NOBLE METALS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PLASMON RESONANCES; PLASMONIC; RAMAN SIGNAL; RAMAN SPECTRA; RELATIVE INTENSITY; SPECTRAL MODIFICATIONS; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTRUM; VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MOLECULES; PLASMONS; PRECIOUS METALS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION;

EID: 77956862558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1008714     Document Type: Article

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