Observing Single Molecules Complexing with Cucurbit[7]uril through Nanogap Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 704-710

  Sigle, Daniel O ^a   Kasera, Setu ^b   Herrmann, Lars O ^a   Palma, Aniello ^b   De Nijs, Bart ^a   Benz, Felix ^a   Mahajan, Sumeet ^a   Baumberg, Jeremy J ^a   Scherman, Oren A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CUCURBIT[7]URIL; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; PLASMONIC COUPLING; SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL; SINGLE-MOLECULE SENSITIVITY; SUPRAMOLECULAR HOST; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

MOLECULES;

BRIDGED COMPOUND; CUCURBIT(7)URIL; GOLD; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BRIDGED-RING COMPOUNDS; GOLD; IMIDAZOLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84958999156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02535     Document Type: Article

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