Charge-selective surface-enhanced Raman scattering using silver and gold nanoparticles deposited on silicon-carbon core-shell nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2459-2470

  Baik, Sun Young ^a   Cho, Yong Jae ^a   Lim, Young Rok ^a   Im, Hyung Soon ^a   Jang, Dong Myung ^a   Myung, Yoon ^a   Park, Jeunghee ^a   Kang, Hong Seok ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Jeonju University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

charge selectivity; electron transfer; first principles calculations; N doped graphitic layers; silicon nanowires; silver nanoparticles; surface enhanced Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFER; FIRST PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; N-DOPED; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

ADSORPTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICON; SUBSTRATES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER;

EID: 84859141599     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204797b     Document Type: Article

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