PH-Triggered Molecular Alignment for Reproducible SERS Detection via an AuNP/Nanocellulose Platform

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wei, Haoran ^a,b,c   Vikesland, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84949639054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18131     Document Type: Article

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