Large-area high-performance SERS substrates with deep controllable sub-10-nm gap structure fabricated by depositing au film on the cicada wing

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Jiwei, Qi ^a   Yudong, Li ^a   Ming, Yang ^a   Qiang, Wu ^a   Zongqiang, Chen ^a   Wudeng, Wang ^a   Wenqiang, Lu ^a   Xuanyi, Yu ^a   Jingjun, Xu ^a   Qian, Sun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cicada wing; Controllable gap size; Nanogap; Surface enhanced raman scattering

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; GOLD DEPOSITS; NANOPILLARS; PRECIOUS METALS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE SCATTERING;

CONTROLLABLE GAPS; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; NANO-GAP; NANOPILLAR STRUCTURES; RAMAN ENHANCEMENT; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

SUBSTRATES;

CICADA;

EID: 84887310162     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-437     Document Type: Article

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