Silver nanoparticles doped agarose disk: Highly sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrate for in situ analysis of ink dyes

Forensic Science International

Volumn 233, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 21-27

  Raza, Ali ^a   Saha, Basudeb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Forensic; Ink analysis; SERS agarose; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ARSENIC; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DYE; RHODAMINE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84883765059     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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