SERS substrates by the assembly of silver nanocubes: High-throughput and enhancement reliability considerations

Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rabin, Oded ^a,b   Lee, Seung Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER CONFIGURATIONS; CLUSTER SIZES; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; LASER FREQUENCY; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; NANOCUBES; NANOPARTICLE CLUSTERS; PLASMONIC PROPERTIES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SERS ENHANCEMENT; SERS SUBSTRATE; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; SILVER NANOCUBES; SMALL CLUSTERS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

NANOPARTICLES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84863714284     PISSN: 16879503     EISSN: 16879511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/870378     Document Type: Article

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