Transformation of Ag nanocubes into Ag-Au hollow nanostructures with enriched Ag contents to improve SERS activity and chemical stability

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3750-3757

  Yang, Yin ^a,b   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Fu, Zheng Wen ^b   Qin, Dong ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bimetallic nanostructures; co reduction; galvanic replacement; surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILVER ALLOYS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SURFACE SCATTERING;

BIMETALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES; CO-REDUCTION; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; GALVANIC REPLACEMENT REACTIONS; GALVANIC REPLACEMENTS; OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

GOLD; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84896343879     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500506j     Document Type: Article

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