In-Plate and On-Plate Structural Control of Ultra-Stable Gold/Silver Bimetallic Nanoplates as Redox Catalysts, Nanobuilding Blocks, and Single-Nanoparticle Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Probes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 40, 2016, Pages 27140-27150

  Oh, Ju Hwan ^a   Shin, Hyunku ^a   Choi, Jong Yun ^a   Jung, Hee Won ^a   Choi, Yeonho ^a   Lee, Jae Seung ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bimetallic; catalysis; chemical stability; DNA; gold; nanoparticle; SERS; silver

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DNA; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; INDIUM PLATING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRECIOUS METALS; PROBES; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILVER; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

BIMETALLIC; BIMETALLIC NANOMATERIALS; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SERS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION;

GOLD;

EID: 84991670982     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09803     Document Type: Article

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