Engineering microscale two-dimensional gold nanoparticle cluster arrays for advanced Raman sensing: An AFM study

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 498, Issue , 2016, Pages 168-175

  Domenici, F ^a,b   Fasolato, C ^a,c   Mazzi, E ^a,d   De Angelis, L ^a,e   Brasili, F ^a   Mura, F ^a   Postorino, P ^a   Bordi, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFM; Array; EBL; Nanoparticle clusters; Surface enhanced raman scattering

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE SCATTERING;

ARRAY; MOLECULAR FUNCTIONALIZATION; NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES; NANOPARTICLE CLUSTERS; SPACE RESOLVED MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOENGINEERING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON BEAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84962560505     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.03.043     Document Type: Article

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