Plasmonic coupling of silver nanoparticles covered by hydrogen-terminated graphene for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 17092-17098

  Liu, Chih Yi ^a   Liang, Keng Chih ^a   Chen, Waileong ^a   Tu, Chia Hao ^a   Liu, Chuan Pu ^a   Tzeng, Yonhua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ADENINE MOLECULES; CARBON SURFACE; GRAPHENE LAYERS; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HIGH RESISTIVITY; PLASMONIC COUPLING; REMOTE PLASMAS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE LAYER; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER;

ADENINE; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCOMPOSITE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENINE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; SILVER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 80052208934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.017092     Document Type: Article

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