Synthesis of silver nanostructures by multistep methods

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 5860-5889

  Zhang, Tong ^a   Song, Yuan Jun ^a   Zhang, Xiao Yang ^a   Wu, Jing Yuan ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composited nanostructures; Nanoparticle etching; Plasmonic sensors; Reductant; Shape control

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; NANOFLOWERS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE SCATTERING;

COMPOSITED; CORE-SHELL NANOSTRUCTURES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONIC SENSORS; REDUCTANTS; SHAPE CONTROL; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

SILVER;

EID: 84897436964     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140405860     Document Type: Review

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