Detailed study of surface-enhanced Raman scattering from metallic nanosculptured thin films and their potential for biosensing

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Shalabney, Atef ^a   Khare, Chinmay ^b   Bauer, Jens ^b   Rauschenbach, Bernd ^b,c   Abdulhalim, I ^a,d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF SURFACE ENGINEERING IOM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

glancing angle deposition; Raman enhancement factor; sculptured thin films; surface enhanced Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; NANORODS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILVER; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; LOW DETECTION LIMIT; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; RAMAN ENHANCEMENT; SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); THEORETICAL MODELING;

SURFACE SCATTERING;

EID: 84869232009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.6.061605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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