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Nanogaps for SERS applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2014

Lianming Tong ,
Hongxing Xu  and
Mikael Käll
Lianming Tong
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Sciences; [email protected]
Hongxing Xu
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Sciences; [email protected]
Mikael Käll
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology; [email protected]
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Abstract

The nanogap is possibly the single most important physical entity in surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Nanogaps between noble metal nanostructures deliver extremely high electric field-enhancement, resulting in an extraordinary amplification of both the excitation rate and the emission rate of Raman active molecules situated in the gap. In some cases, the resulting surface-enhancement in the gap can be so high that Raman spectra from single molecules can be measured. Here, we briefly review some important concepts and experimental results on nanoscale gaps for SERS applications.

Keywords

Metalnanostructureoptical propertiessurface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
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Research Article
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 39 , Issue 2: Elastic Strain Engineering , February 2014 , pp. 163 - 168
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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