Junction plasmon-induced molecular reorientation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3435-3439

  El Khoury, Patrick Z ^a   Hu, Dehong ^a   Hess, Wayne P ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

intensity variations; junction plasmon; reorientation; surface enhanced Raman; tip enhanced Raman

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; MOLECULAR MOTIONS; MOLECULAR REORIENTATION; REORIENTATION; SURFACE ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; SILVER;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84886019775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401838b     Document Type: Article

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