Electroless deposition and nanolithography can control the formation of materials at the nano-scale for plasmonic applications

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 6056-6083

  Coluccio, Maria Laura ^a   Gentile, Francesco ^a,b   Francardi, Marco ^c   Perozziello, Gerardo ^a   Malara, Natalia ^a   Candeloro, Patrizio ^a   Di Fabrizio, Enzo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

DLA; Electroless deposition; Metal nanoparticles; Nano optics and photonics; Nanoscale systems; SERS; Superclusters

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; DIMERS; ELECTROLESS PLATING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPHOTONICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES;

DLA; NANO-SCALE SYSTEM; NANOOPTICS; SERS; SUPERCLUSTERS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84897399277     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140406056     Document Type: Article

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