Hierarchical gold flower with sharp tips from controlled galvanic replacement reaction for high surface enhanced raman scattering activity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 24301-24313

  Pradhan, Mukul ^a   Chowdhury, Joydeep ^b   Sarkar, Sougata ^a   Sinha, Arun Kumar ^a   Pal, Tarasankar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Sammilani Mahavidyalaya   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3D FDTD; 4-MERCAPTOPYRIDINE; CAPPING AGENT; CU NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; GALVANIC EXCHANGE; GALVANIC REPLACEMENT REACTIONS; HIERARCHICAL MORPHOLOGY; HIGH YIELD; HOT SPOT; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NANOCRYSTAL FORMATION; NANOCRYSTAL GROWTH; POLYSTYRENE BEADS; PROBE MOLECULES; REDOX COUPLE; RESIN BEADS; SERS SUBSTRATE; SHARP TIP; SPECIFIC CONCENTRATION; SPONTANEOUS ASSEMBLY; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SYNTHETIC PROTOCOLS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYSTYRENES; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SURFACE SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

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EID: 84869412369     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp306330p     Document Type: Article

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