Synthesis of gold nanostar arrays as reliable, large-scale, homogeneous substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering imaging and spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 22198-22202

  Osinkina, L ^a   Lohmuller T ^a   Jackel F ^a,b   Feldmann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-MERCAPTOBENZOIC ACIDS; BLOCK COPOLYMER MICELLES; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HOMOGENEOUS SUBSTRATES; RAMAN MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING SPECTROSCOPIES;

RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE SCATTERING;

GOLD;

EID: 84880097168     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp312149d     Document Type: Article

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