Highly uniform and reproducible surface-enhanced Raman scattering from DNA-tailorable nanoparticles with 1-nm interior gap

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 452-460

  Lim, Dong Kwon ^a   Jeon, Ki Seok ^b   Hwang, Jae Ho ^a   Kim, Hyoki ^a   Kwon, Sunghoon ^a,c   Suh, Yung Doug ^b   Nam, Jwa Min ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD COMPOUNDS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; RAMAN SCATTERING;

ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; HIGHLY STABLES; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SENSING AND IMAGING; SINGLE PARTICLE; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

SURFACE SCATTERING;

DNA; DYE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79960096256     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.79     Document Type: Article

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