SERS as a probe of charge-transfer pathways in hybrid dye/molecule-metal oxide complexes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3774-3782

  Tarakeshwar, Pilarisetty ^a   Palma, Julio L ^a   Finkelstein Shapiro, Daniel ^a   Keller, Arne ^b   Urdaneta, Inés ^b,c   Calatayud, Mónica ^c,d,e   Atabek, Osman ^b   Mujica, Vladimiro ^a,e,f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRES D ORSAY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84894584644     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410725w     Document Type: Article

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