SERS hot spots

Raman Spectroscopy for Nanomaterials Characterization

Volumn 9783642206207, Issue , 2011, Pages 215-260

  Maher, Robert C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAMAN SCATTERING; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE SCATTERING;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; LOCAL SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCES; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; SERS-ACTIVE SUBSTRATES; SUB-WAVELENGTH LOCALIZATION; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84918769067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20620-7_10     Document Type: Chapter

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