Noble metal-comparable SERS enhancement from semiconducting metal oxides by making oxygen vacancies

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cong, Shan ^a   Yuan, Yinyin ^a,b   Chen, Zhigang ^a   Hou, Junyu ^c   Yang, Mei ^a   Su, Yanli ^c   Zhang, Yongyi ^a   Li, Liang ^b   Li, Qingwen ^a   Geng, Fengxia ^c   Zhao, Zhigang ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^b East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; METAL OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; OXYGEN; SILVER; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEAVY METAL; OXIDE; OXYGEN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 84937596832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8800     Document Type: Article

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