Bimetallic 3D nanostar dimers in ring cavities: Recyclable and robust surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates for signal detection from few molecules

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 7986-7994

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

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bimetallic layer; dimer; nanostar; recycling; ring cavity; SERS; single molecule detection; sub 10 nm gap; three dimensional nanostructures

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ETCHING; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD METALLOGRAPHY; METALS; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONICS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RECYCLING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SILVER METALLOGRAPHY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE SCATTERING;

BIMETALLIC LAYERS; NANOSTAR; RING CAVITIES; SERS; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION; SUB-10 NM GAP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES;

DIMERS;

EID: 84906707852     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5020038     Document Type: Article

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