Silver nanoparticles on porous silicon: Approaching single molecule detection in resonant SERS regime

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 39, 2013, Pages 20139-20145

  Virga, Alessandro ^a   Rivolo, Paola ^a   Frascella, Francesca ^a   Angelini, Angelo ^a   Descrovi, Emiliano ^a   Geobaldo, Francesco ^a   Giorgis, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; MOLECULE CONCENTRATIONS; MOLECULE ELECTRONICS; PLASMONIC RESONANCES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION; SURFACE-ENHANCED RESONANCE RAMAN SCATTERING; TIME-RESOLVED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIES;

METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; POROUS SILICON; RESONANCE; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE SCATTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SILVER;

EID: 84885165714     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405117p     Document Type: Article

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