Mapping plasmonic near-field profiles and interferences by surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Du, Luping ^a   Lei, Dang Yuan ^b   Yuan, Guanghui ^a   Fang, Hui ^c   Zhang, Xi ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Tang, Dingyuan ^a   Min, Changjun ^c   Maier, Stefan A ^d   Yuan, Xiaocong ^e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84886998415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03064     Document Type: Article

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