Angular distribution of surface-enhanced raman scattering from individual Au nanoparticle aggregates

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2036-2041

  Shegai, Timur ^a   Brian, Björn ^a   Miljković, Vladimir D ^a   Käll, Mikael ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fourier imaging; nanoantenna; surface enhanced Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; CRITICAL ANGLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY; FACILE METHOD; FOURIER IMAGING; GLASS INTERFACE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; ISOLATED AGGREGATES; METAL PARTICLE; NANOANTENNAS; OPTICAL ANTENNAS; PLASMONIC; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ORIENTATION;

AGGLOMERATION; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; SCATTERING; SURFACES;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 79952907053     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1031406     Document Type: Article

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