Highly sensitive surface enhanced Raman scattering substrates based on Ag decorated Si nanocone arrays and their application in trace dimethyl phthalate detection

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 325, Issue C, 2015, Pages 45-51

  Zuo, Zewen ^a,b   Zhu, Kai ^a   Ning, Lixin ^a   Cui, Guanglei ^a   Qu, Jun ^a   Cheng, Ying ^b   Wang, Junzhuan ^b   Shi, Yi ^b   Xu, Dongsheng ^c   Xin, Yu ^c  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Silicon nanocone array; Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS); Three dimensional substrate; Trace detection

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA ETCHING; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILICON WAFERS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE SCATTERING; TRACE ANALYSIS;

HOT SPOT; NANOCONE ARRAYS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); THREE-DIMENSIONAL SUBSTRATES; TRACE DETECTION;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84927523625     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.10.181     Document Type: Article

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