Facile synthesis of large-scale Ag nanosheet-assembled films with sub-10 nm gaps as highly active and homogeneous SERS substrates

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 264, Issue , 2013, Pages 383-390

  Li, Zhongbo ^a   Meng, Guowen ^a   Liang, Ting ^b   Zhang, Zhuo ^a   Zhu, Xiaoguang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Films; Galvanic cell; Photolithography; Silver; Surface enhanced Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; FILMS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; NANOSHEETS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILVER; SURFACE SCATTERING;

ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES; CONVENTIONAL PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; DISTRIBUTION DENSITY; GALVANIC CELL REACTIONS; GALVANIC CELLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SYNTHETIC APPROACH;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84870559409     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.10.031     Document Type: Article

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