Use of single-layer g-C3N4 /Ag hybrids for surface-enhanced raman scattering (SERS)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Jiang, Jizhou ^a,b   Zou, Jing ^c   Wee, Andrew Thye Shen ^b   Zhang, Wenjing ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84989888174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep34599     Document Type: Article

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