Surface-enhanced Raman scattering inside Au@Ag core/shell nanorods

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2303-2318

  Khlebtsov, Boris ^a,b   Khanadeev, Vitaly ^a,b   Khlebtsov, Nikolai ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Au@Ag nanorods; multipole plasmons; nanocuboids; surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; NANORODS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AG NANORODS; ANALYTE CONCENTRATION; CORE/SHELL NANOPARTICLES; MULTIPOLES; NANOCUBOIDS; NANOPARTICLE SURFACE; PLASMONIC PROPERTIES; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

SURFACE SCATTERING;

EID: 84976336435     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1117-7     Document Type: Article

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