A plasmon-driven selective surface catalytic reaction revealed by surface-enhanced Raman scattering in an electrochemical environment

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cui, Lin ^a,b   Wang, Peijie ^a   Fang, Yurui ^c   Li, Yuanzuo ^d   Sun, Mengtao ^b  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84935432697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11920     Document Type: Article

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