SERS enhancement and field confinement in nanosensors based on self-organized gold nanowires produced by ion-beam sputtering

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 8571-8580

  D'Andrea, C ^a   Fazio, B ^a   Gucciardi, P G ^a   Giordano, M C ^b   Martella, C ^b   Chiappe, D ^b,d   Toma, A ^b,e   Buatier De Mongeot, F ^b   Tantussi, F ^c   Vasanthakumar, P ^c   Fuso, F ^c   Allegrini, M ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d Laboratorio MDM CNR IMM   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GOLD; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOWIRES; POLARIZATION; SPUTTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WIRE;

COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; CONFINEMENT PATTERNS; FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MOLECULAR DETECTION; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SERS-ACTIVE SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84899541215     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5007236     Document Type: Article

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