Naturally inspired SERS substrates fabricated by photocatalytically depositing silver nanoparticles on cicada wings

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Tanahashi, Ichiro ^a   Harada, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cicada; Localized surface plasmon resonance; SERS; Silver nanoparticles; Wing

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE SCATTERING; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WINGS;

ABSORPTION PEAKS; CICADA; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NANO-PILLAR ARRAYS; SERS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER ETHANOL SOLUTIONS;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84903987647     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-298     Document Type: Article

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