Alumina-coated Ag nanocrystal monolayers as surfaceenhanced Raman spectroscopy platforms for the direct spectroscopic detection of water splitting reaction intermediates

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 132-143

  Ling, Xing Yi ^a,c   Yan, Ruoxue ^a,d   Lo, Sylvia ^a   Hoang, Dat Tien ^a   Liu, Chong ^a   Fardy, Melissa A ^a   Khan, Sher Bahadar ^b   Asiri, Abdullah M ^b   Bawaked, Salem M ^b   Yang, Peidong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^d University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Ag nanocrystals; reaction intermediates; surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy; water splitting reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892480438     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0380-0     Document Type: Article

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