Microwave-assisted green synthesis of Ag/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite as a surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrate with high uniformity

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Hsu, Kai Chih ^a   Chen, Dong Hwang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Green synthesis; Microwave; Reduced graphene oxide; SERS substrate; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GRAPHENE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; RAMAN SCATTERING; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE SCATTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AG NANOPARTICLE; GREEN SYNTHESIS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SERS SUBSTRATE; UNIFORMITY;

SILVER;

EID: 84929457469     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-193     Document Type: Article

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