Plasmon resonance tuning in metal nanostars for surface enhanced Raman scattering

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2014, Pages

  Chirumamilla, Manohar ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Anisha ^a   Toma, Andrea ^a   Proietti Zaccaria, Remo ^a   Krahne, Roman ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

electron beam lithography; nanostars; plasmonics; SERS

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; NANOSTARS; NEAR INFRARED REGION; PLASMON RESONANCES; PLASMONICS; SERS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

SURFACE SCATTERING;

EID: 84901388290     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/23/235303     Document Type: Article

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