Self-assembly of monodisperse composite microgels with bimetallic nanorods as core and PNIPAM as shell into close-packed monolayers and SERS efficiency

Materials and Design

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 303-311

  Dong, Xu ^a,b   Chen, Siyuan ^b   Zhou, Jian ^b   Wang, Liying ^b   Zha, Liusheng ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Au@AgNR@PNIPAM composite microgels; Monolayer film; Self assembly; SERS spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ASSEMBLY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ENAMELS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GELS; GOLD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC FILMS; MONOLAYERS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANORODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICON WAFERS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; CLOSE-PACKED MONOLAYERS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICRO-GELS; MONOLAYER FILM; SERS SPECTROSCOPIES; SILICON WAFER SURFACE;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85014409318     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.05.010     Document Type: Article

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