Layer-by-layer assembly of Ag nanowires into 3D woodpile-like structures to achieve high density "hot spots" for surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7061-7069

  Chen, Miaosi ^a   Phang, In Yee ^b   Lee, Mian Rong ^a   Yang, Joel Kwang Wei ^b   Ling, Xing Yi ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; LANGMUIR-BLODGETT ASSEMBLY; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SENSING PLATFORMS; SERS ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); WOODPILE STRUCTURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MONOLAYERS; NANOWIRES; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILVER; SURFACE SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

SUBSTRATES;

NANOWIRE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOWIRES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84878958026     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la4012108     Document Type: Article

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