Two-dimensional Ag nanoparticle tetramer array for surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurements

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 22702-22710

  Chen, Jing ^a   Gong, Yongji ^a   Shang, Jian ^a   Li, Jianlong ^a   Wang, Yu ^b   Wu, Kai ^a,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAMPUS FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL ENTERPRISE CREATE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COATINGS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULES; OLIGOMERS; RAMAN SCATTERING; REDUCTION; SILVER METALLOGRAPHY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SUBSTRATES;

ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; ANODIZED ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL ENHANCEMENTS; CORRUGATED SUBSTRATES; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE DYNAMICS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

SURFACE SCATTERING;

EID: 84907757512     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp505160e     Document Type: Article

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