Mesoporous gold sponges: Electric charge-assisted seed mediated synthesis and application as surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yi, Zao ^a,b   Luo, Jiangshan ^b   Tan, Xiulan ^b   Yi, Yong ^a   Yao, Weitang ^a   Kang, Xiaoli ^b   Ye, Xin ^b   Zhu, Wenkun ^a   Duan, Tao ^a   Yi, Yougen ^c   Tang, Yongjian ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84946576497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16137     Document Type: Article

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