A scheme for detecting every single target molecule with surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5013-5019

  Le Ru, Eric C ^a   Grand, Johan ^b   Sow, Idrissa ^b   Somerville, Walter R C ^a   Etchegoin, Pablo G ^a   Treguer Delapierre, Mona ^c   Charron, Gaëlle ^b   Félidj, Nordin ^b   Lévi, Georges ^b   Aubard, Jean ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; SELECTIVE ADSORPTION; SERS ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TARGET MOLECULE; WELL-ESTABLISHED TECHNIQUES;

MOLECULES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG MIXTURE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; MATERIALS TESTING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 80755125589     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl2030344     Document Type: Article

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