From single to multiple Ag-layer modification of Au nanocavity substrates: A tunable probe of the chemical surface-enhanced Raman scattering mechanism

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 5433-5443

  Tognalli, Nicolás G ^a   Cortés, Emiliano ^b   Hernández Nieves, Alexander D ^a,c   Carro, Pilar ^d   Usaj, Gonzalo ^a   Balseiro, Carlos A ^a   Vela, María E ^b   Salvarezza, Roberto C ^b   Fainstein, Alejandro ^a  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ab initio; chemical effect; nanocavities; SERS; UPD

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; CHEMICAL EFFECT; NANO-CAVITIES; SERS; UPD;

CALCULATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; ION EXCHANGE; PLASMONS; PROBES; RAMAN SCATTERING; SCATTERING; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SUBSTRATES;

SILVER;

EID: 79961044874     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn200567m     Document Type: Conference Paper

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