Low-cost infrared resonant structures for surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy in the fingerprint region from 3 to 13 μm

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 11311-11316

  Hoffmann, Jón Mattis ^a   Yin, Xinghui ^a,b   Richter, Jens ^a   Hartung, Andrea ^a   Maß, Tobias W W ^a   Taubner, Thomas ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL LITHOGRAPHY; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; INFRARED FINGERPRINT; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); SURFACE ENHANCED INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE-ENHANCED INFRARED ABSORPTIONS;

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; ESTERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LITHOGRAPHY; MATERIALS HANDLING; POLYSTYRENES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84878376034     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402383h     Document Type: Article

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