Photocatalytic growth of dendritic silver nanostructures as SERS substrates
Author(s) -
Katrien G. M. Laurier,
Michel Poets,
Frederik Vermoortele,
Gert De Cremer,
Johan A. Martens,
Hiroshi Ujii,
Dirk De Vos,
Johan Hofkens,
Maarten B. J. Roeffaers
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemical communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1364-548X
pISSN - 1359-7345
DOI - 10.1039/c1cc14727g
Subject(s) - raman spectroscopy , photocatalysis , nanostructure , surface enhanced raman spectroscopy , nanotechnology , materials science , chemical engineering , photochemistry , chemistry , raman scattering , catalysis , organic chemistry , optics , physics , engineering
We report a one-step photocatalytic synthesis method of dendritic silver nanostructures. These self-organised structures show an excellent Raman enhancement enabling the detection of analytes from dilute solutions by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.
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