Surface enhanced Raman scattering of 4-aminothiophenol sandwiched between Ag nanocubes and smooth Pt substrate: The effect of the thickness of Pt film

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Shuangmei ^a,b   Fan, Chunzhen ^a   Wang, Junqiao ^a   He, Jinna ^a   Liang, Erjun ^a   Chao, Mingju ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PLASMONS; PLATINUM; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE SCATTERING;

4-AMINOTHIOPHENOL; BETTER PERFORMANCE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; RAMAN SIGNAL INTENSITY; SERS ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; SERS SUBSTRATE; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

SILVER;

EID: 84905842314     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4891453     Document Type: Article

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