Breaking the diffusion limit with super-hydrophobic delivery of molecules to plasmonic nanofocusing SERS structures

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 682-687

  De Angelis, F ^a,b   Gentile, F ^a,b   Mecarini, F ^a   Das, G ^a   Moretti, M ^a   Candeloro, P ^b   Coluccio, M L ^a,b   Cojoc, G ^b   Accardo, A ^a,b   Liberale, C ^a   Zaccaria, R P ^a   Perozziello, G ^a   Tirinato, L ^b   Toma, A ^a   Cuda, G ^b   Cingolani, R ^a   Di Fabrizio, E ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

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EID: 80455173834     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.222     Document Type: Article

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