Influence of the number of nanoparticles on the enhancement properties of surface-enhanced raman scattering active area: Sensitivity versus repeatability

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1630-1638

  Margueritat, Jérémie ^a,b   Gehan, Hélène ^a   Grand, Johan ^a   Lévi, Georges ^a   Aubard, Jean ^a   Félidj, Nordin ^a   Bouhelier, Alexandre ^b   Colas Des Francs, Gerard ^b   Markey, Laurent ^b   Marco De Lucas, Carmen ^b   Dereux, Alain ^b   Finot, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

average and single molecule SERS; gold nanoparticles; repeatability; sensitivity; surface functionalization; surface plasmon resonance; templated synthesis

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLES; REPEATABILITY; SENSITIVITY; SINGLE MOLECULE; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; TEMPLATED SYNTHESIS;

ELECTRON BEAMS; GOLD; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOPARTICLES;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79952968888     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn103256t     Document Type: Article

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