Discriminating nanoparticle dimers from higher order aggregates through wavelength-dependent SERS orientational imaging

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1806-1813

  Stranahan, Sarah M ^a   Titus, Eric J ^a   Willets, Katherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

emission patterns; nanoparticles; orientational imaging; polarization; SERS

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; DYE CONCENTRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENHANCEMENT; EMISSION PATTERN; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGHER ORDER; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; SERS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

AGGREGATES; DIMERS; NANOPARTICLES; POLARIZATION;

SILVER;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DIMERIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84857693208     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204866c     Document Type: Article

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