Tuning and maximizing the single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman scattering from DNA-tethered nanodumbbells

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 9574-9584

  Lee, Jung Hoon ^a   Nam, Jwa Min ^a   Jeon, Ki Seok ^a   Lim, Dong Kwon ^a   Kim, Hyoki ^b   Kwon, Sunghoon ^b   Lee, Haemi ^a   Suh, Yung Doug ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

core shell particle; enhancement factor; nanogap; plasmonic probe; single molecule detection; surface enhanced Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

CORE SHELL PARTICLES; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; NANO-GAP; PLASMONIC; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

LASERS; MOLECULES; PROBES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURFACE SCATTERING;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

DNA; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

DNA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84870473713     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3028216     Document Type: Article

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