Recent approaches toward creation of hot spots for SERS detection

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-25

  Shiohara, Amane ^a   Wang, Yusong ^a   Liz Marzán, Luis M ^a,b  

^a CIC BIOMAGUNE   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Nanoparticles; Nanostructures; Plasmonics; Raman scattering; SERS

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LITHOGRAPHY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SURFACE SCATTERING;

ANISOTROPIC NANOPARTICLES; ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; HOT SPOT; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; SERS; SERS-ACTIVE SUBSTRATES; SOLUTION PHASE METHODS; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING SPECTROSCOPIES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84918788490     PISSN: 13895567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2014.09.001     Document Type: Review

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