High performance surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates of Si-based Au film developed by focused ion beam nanofabrication

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gao, Tingting ^a   Xu, Zongwei ^a,b   Fang, Fengzhou ^a,b   Gao, Wenlong ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Xu, Xiaoxuan ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin MicroNano Manufacturing Tech Co Ltd   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Focus ion beam nanofabrication; SERS; Si based Au nanostructures; Thermal evaporation

Indexed keywords

FILM THICKNESS; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; GOLD COATINGS; IONS; MACHINING; METALLIC FILMS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE SCATTERING; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

AU NANOSTRUCTURE; FOCUS ION BEAM; FOCUSED-ION-BEAM NANOFABRICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE SURFACES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SERS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84866107270     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-399     Document Type: Article

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