The effect of silver thickness on the enhancement of polymer based SERS substrates

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 44, 2014, Pages

  Schneidewind, H ^a   Weber, K ^a,b   Zeisberger, M ^a   Hubner U ^a   Dellith, A ^a   Cialla May, D ^a,b   Mattheis, R ^a   Popp, J ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

e beam lithography; plasmonic array; SERS; silver nanostructure

Indexed keywords

E-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; EFFECT OF SILVERS; PLASMONIC ARRAYS; POLYMER BASED; SERS; SERS SUBSTRATE; SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84908518215     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/44/445203     Document Type: Article

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