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Laser-assisted fabrication of gold nanoparticle-composed structures embedded in borosilicate glass

  • Nikolay Nedyalkov,
  • Mihaela Koleva,
  • Nadya Stankova,
  • Rosen Nikov,
  • Mitsuhiro Terakawa,
  • Yasutaka Nakajima,
  • Lyubomir Aleksandrov and
  • Reni Iordanova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2454–2463, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.244

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  • glass; laser nanostructuring; optical properties of composite materials; Introduction The unique optical properties of noble-metal nanoparticles continue to attract the attention of researchers, especially in view of the potential industrial applications. The basic characteristics of the interaction of
  • noble metal nanoparticles into dielectric oxide and polymer matrices results in a large increase of the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility, an enhancement of the photoluminescence signal from the matrix, a metamaterial-like behavior, and the possibility of modifying the conductivity of the
  • ] based on the interaction of laser radiation with noble-metal-doped simple oxides, glasses and polymers, that is capable of forming and manipulating nanoparticles with a high spatial selectivity. Thereby, ion-doped (gold, silver, copper) materials that are transparent in the visible wavelength range (e.g
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Published 21 Nov 2017

Fabrication of CeO2–MOx (M = Cu, Co, Ni) composite yolk–shell nanospheres with enhanced catalytic properties for CO oxidation

  • Ling Liu,
  • Jingjing Shi,
  • Hongxia Cao,
  • Ruiyu Wang and
  • Ziwu Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2425–2437, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.241

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  • noble metal-based catalysts in some catalytic reactions [11][12]. So far, a remarkable process has been developed for the synthesis of CeO2-based composite oxides, including CeO2–CuOx [13], CeO2–ZnCo2O4 [14], CeO2–CoOx [15], CeO2–MnOx [16], CeO2–ZnO [17], CeO2–Fe2O3 [18], and CeO2–ZrO2 systems [19
  • CeO2–CuOx-2 sample is comparable to the traditional noble-metal–CeO2 system, yielding complete CO conversion at a relatively low temperature of 145 °C. A greatly enhanced performance of the composites in CO oxidation can be attributed to the incorporation of highly-dispersed MOx onto the CeO2 surface
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Published 16 Nov 2017

Evaluating the toxicity of TiO2-based nanoparticles to Chinese hamster ovary cells and Escherichia coli: a complementary experimental and computational approach

  • Alicja Mikolajczyk,
  • Natalia Sizochenko,
  • Ewa Mulkiewicz,
  • Anna Malankowska,
  • Michal Nischk,
  • Przemyslaw Jurczak,
  • Seishiro Hirano,
  • Grzegorz Nowaczyk,
  • Adriana Zaleska-Medynska,
  • Jerzy Leszczynski,
  • Agnieszka Gajewicz and
  • Tomasz Puzyn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2171–2180, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.216

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  • inhibiting activity [5][6]. Reactivity of TiO2 under visible light (λ > 400 nm) can be achieved in several ways [7], including: (a) metal doping [8], (b) non-metal doping [9][10], (c) self-doping (reductive treatments) [11][12], (d) surface modification by noble-metal nanoparticles of silver (Ag), gold (Au
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Published 17 Oct 2017

Synthesis and characterization of noble metal–titania core–shell nanostructures with tunable shell thickness

  • Bartosz Bartosewicz,
  • Marta Michalska-Domańska,
  • Malwina Liszewska,
  • Dariusz Zasada and
  • Bartłomiej J. Jankiewicz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2083–2093, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.208

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  • , Kaliskiego 2 Str. 00-908 Warsaw, Poland 10.3762/bjnano.8.208 Abstract Core–shell nanostructures have found applications in many fields, including surface enhanced spectroscopy, catalysis and solar cells. Titania-coated noble metal nanoparticles, which combine the surface plasmon resonance properties of the
  • [1][2]. This is because the combination of two or more different materials into one structure of controlled size, geometry and morphology can lead to either improved or new properties not observed in the individual constituent materials. CSNs with a silica core and noble metal shell exhibiting
  • use in many fields. For example, TiO2 nanomaterials have been investigated for their use in photocatalysis [12][13][14], photocatalytic fuel generation [15], photovoltaics and sensors [16][17]. The CSNs with noble metal (Au, Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) as a core and TiO2 shell, Au@TiO2 and Ag@TiO2, have
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Published 05 Oct 2017

Synthesis and functionalization of NaGdF4:Yb,Er@NaGdF4 core–shell nanoparticles for possible application as multimodal contrast agents

  • Dovile Baziulyte-Paulaviciene,
  • Vitalijus Karabanovas,
  • Marius Stasys,
  • Greta Jarockyte,
  • Vilius Poderys,
  • Simas Sakirzanovas and
  • Ricardas Rotomskis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1815–1824, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.183

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  • . The similar localization of Tween 80-coated nanoparticles was observed in MCF-7 cells as well. The same results of endocytic NP accumulation in cells was demonstrated in different studies with UCNPs [31], quantum dots [32], magnetic nanomaterials [33] and noble metal nanoparticles [34]. Cell viability
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Published 01 Sep 2017

Near-infrared-responsive, superparamagnetic Au@Co nanochains

  • Varadee Vittur,
  • Arati G. Kolhatkar,
  • Shreya Shah,
  • Irene Rusakova,
  • Dmitri Litvinov and
  • T. Randall Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1680–1687, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.168

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  • nanoparticles not only renders the nanoparticles biocompatible but also gives rise to distinct optical properties [18][19]. Noble metal nanoparticles, such as gold and silver, possess the unique property of surface plasmon resonance (SPR); the latter exhibit a strong extinction band in the visible region [19
  • modulated depending on the noble metal selected [28]. Duan et al. synthesized Pt-coated Co nanochains in an aqueous medium by magnetic-field induced assembly and galvanic replacement reaction, and Lu et al. synthesized Au-coated Co nanochains in a similar fashion [29][30]. However, none of these studies
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Published 14 Aug 2017

Two-dimensional carbon-based nanocomposites for photocatalytic energy generation and environmental remediation applications

  • Suneel Kumar,
  • Ashish Kumar,
  • Ashish Bahuguna,
  • Vipul Sharma and
  • Venkata Krishnan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1571–1600, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.159

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  • scientific community such as heteroatom doping [34], noble metal doping [35], coupling with semiconductors [36] and nanocomposite formation with carbon-based materials, such as graphene [37] and g-C3N4 [38], to enhance the photocatalytic efficiency. Among the various types of nanocomposites, the materials
  • photocatalyst for hydrogen generation from water without using any noble metal as a cocatalyst. They used moderately oxidized GO with a band gap in the range 2.4–4.3 eV, which can absorb visible light. The oxidation of graphite introduces many oxygen-containing functional groups such as carboxyl, epoxide and
  • transfer. Moreover, in nanometer-sized MoS2, exposed S atoms have strong affinity to H+ ions in solution, which are reduced to H2 by transferred electrons from the CB of CdS. Similarly, a noble-metal-free, ternary nanocomposite of TiO2–MoS2–graphene has been reported by Yu et al. for H2 generation [126
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Published 03 Aug 2017

Adsorption and electronic properties of pentacene on thin dielectric decoupling layers

  • Sebastian Koslowski,
  • Daniel Rosenblatt,
  • Alexander Kabakchiev,
  • Klaus Kuhnke,
  • Klaus Kern and
  • Uta Schlickum

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1388–1395, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.140

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  • of pentacene on a monoatomic layer of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and compare it to its properties on KCl layers grown on various low-index noble-metal surfaces. Results and Discussion Here we start with a detailed discussion of the properties of pentacene deposited onto h-BN grown on Rh(111). Due
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Published 06 Jul 2017

A top-down approach for fabricating three-dimensional closed hollow nanostructures with permeable thin metal walls

  • Carlos Angulo Barrios and
  • Víctor Canalejas-Tejero

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1231–1237, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.124

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  • example, noble metal nanoparticles could be introduced in the nanocages by using this procedure. Thus, the resulting configurations might act as gas–solid catalysis nanoreactors by taking advantage of the gas permeability of the nanocage. Low-reactive metal carbonates could also be caged in this manner
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Published 08 Jun 2017

Growth, structure and stability of sputter-deposited MoS2 thin films

  • Reinhard Kaindl,
  • Bernhard C. Bayer,
  • Roland Resel,
  • Thomas Müller,
  • Viera Skakalova,
  • Gerlinde Habler,
  • Rainer Abart,
  • Alexey S. Cherevan,
  • Dominik Eder,
  • Maxime Blatter,
  • Fabian Fischer,
  • Jannik C. Meyer,
  • Dmitry K. Polyushkin and
  • Wolfgang Waldhauser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1115–1126, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.113

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  • noble metal-free catalytic material for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in electrochemical water splitting, which is fundamental to a hydrogen-based energy economy [14]. Density function theory showed the feasibility of MoS2 supported on graphite to catalyse electrochemical hydrogen evolution at a
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Published 22 May 2017

Optical response of heterogeneous polymer layers containing silver nanostructures

  • Miriam Carlberg,
  • Florent Pourcin,
  • Olivier Margeat,
  • Judikaël Le Rouzo,
  • Gérard Berginc,
  • Rose-Marie Sauvage,
  • Jörg Ackermann and
  • Ludovic Escoubas

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1065–1072, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.108

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  • ; Introduction Noble metal nanoparticles (NPs) are of considerable interest in various domains, ranging from chemistry to medicine and light filtering [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Silver NPs are especially challenging because of the possibility to control the phenomenon of light–matter interaction in the visible
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Published 16 May 2017

Assembly of metallic nanoparticle arrays on glass via nanoimprinting and thin-film dewetting

  • Sun-Kyu Lee,
  • Sori Hwang,
  • Yoon-Kee Kim and
  • Yong-Jun Oh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1049–1055, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.106

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  • noble metal nanoparticles on glass substrates via nanoimprinting and dewetting of metallic thin films. Glass templates were made via pattern transfer from a topographic Si mold to an inorganically cross-linked sol–gel (IGSG) resist on glass using a two-layer polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp followed by
  • the silicon master mold, can be a useful and cost-effective process that substitutes for the use of a silicon template produced using the LIL method. In conclusion, ordered arrays of noble metal nanoparticles were assembled on glass templates using a combination of nanoimprinting and thermal dewetting
  • of metallic thin films in a controllable manner. The imprinted topography on sol–gel silica successfully guided the solid-state dewetting process of noble metal films at high temperature without structural degradation. By providing a simple route to assemble nanoparticles on inexpensive large-area
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Published 12 May 2017

Synthesis of graphene–transition metal oxide hybrid nanoparticles and their application in various fields

  • Arpita Jana,
  • Elke Scheer and
  • Sebastian Polarz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 688–714, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.74

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Published 24 Mar 2017

Gas sensing properties of MWCNT layers electrochemically decorated with Au and Pd nanoparticles

  • Elena Dilonardo,
  • Michele Penza,
  • Marco Alvisi,
  • Riccardo Rossi,
  • Gennaro Cassano,
  • Cinzia Di Franco,
  • Francesco Palmisano,
  • Luisa Torsi and
  • Nicola Cioffi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 592–603, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.64

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  • used in the MWCNT functionalization (Au or Pd) with a defined size and surface concentration. The deposition of noble metal NPs (Au and Pd) on the surface of MWCNT networks considerably improved the gas sensitivity with respect to the unmodified system towards various pollutant gases (NO2, H2S, NH3
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Published 10 Mar 2017

Fabrication of black-gold coatings by glancing angle deposition with sputtering

  • Alan Vitrey,
  • Rafael Alvarez,
  • Alberto Palmero,
  • María Ujué González and
  • José Miguel García-Martín

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 434–439, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.46

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  • (001) substrates with 1 cm2 area: The one on the left was prepared without tilt angle and as a consequence is a continuous thin film, whereas that on the right was prepared with σ = 85° and therefore is nanostructured. The continuous sample exhibits the characteristic golden color of the noble metal
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Published 14 Feb 2017

Nanocrystalline ZrO2 and Pt-doped ZrO2 catalysts for low-temperature CO oxidation

  • Amit Singhania and
  • Shipra Mital Gupta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 264–271, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.29

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  • of the noble metal. Effect of reaction conditions on CO oxidation over Pt(1%)-ZrO2 Figure 10 and Figure 11 show the influence of the gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) and initial CO concentration on the CO oxidation over Pt(1%)-ZrO2. With increasing the GHSV from 15000 h−1 to 60000 h−1, the CO
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Published 26 Jan 2017

Sensitive detection of hydrocarbon gases using electrochemically Pd-modified ZnO chemiresistors

  • Elena Dilonardo,
  • Michele Penza,
  • Marco Alvisi,
  • Gennaro Cassano,
  • Cinzia Di Franco,
  • Francesco Palmisano,
  • Luisa Torsi and
  • Nicola Cioffi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 82–90, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.9

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  • consumption, and poor stability over the time [38]. These limits can be overcome by functionalization of ZnO nanostructures with noble metal nanoparticles. Specifically, Pt and Pd are widely applied for monitoring explosive and toxic gases. The catalytic metals do not change the free energy of the reactions
  • towards LPG than to CO2. Most of the processes that, to date, have been developed to functionalize MOx nanostructures with noble metal NPs [32][41] are unique and effective, but, at the same time, also complex and time-consuming. Moreover, metal NPs deposited by these processes can undergo undesired
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Published 10 Jan 2017

Nanostructured SnO2–ZnO composite gas sensors for selective detection of carbon monoxide

  • Paul Chesler,
  • Cristian Hornoiu,
  • Susana Mihaiu,
  • Cristina Vladut,
  • Jose Maria Calderon Moreno,
  • Mihai Anastasescu,
  • Carmen Moldovan,
  • Bogdan Firtat,
  • Costin Brasoveanu,
  • George Muscalu,
  • Ion Stan and
  • Mariuca Gartner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 2045–2056, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.195

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  • [6][7], the addition of a noble metal [8] or oxide catalysts [9], surface modification [10][11], manipulation of the nanostructure [12], the use of multicomponent (or composite) sensing films [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], electronic noses, advanced signal processing techniques
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Published 22 Dec 2016

The role of morphology and coupling of gold nanoparticles in optical breakdown during picosecond pulse exposures

  • Yevgeniy R. Davletshin and
  • J. Carl Kumaradas

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 869–880, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.79

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  • ] provided a theoretical analysis of short pulse interactions with spherical noble-metal nanoparticles, while Boulais et al. [31] developed a model of plasma-mediated nanocavitation for gold nanospheres and nanorods [31][37]. The model by Bisker and Yelin [42] is based on Mie theory and rate equations for
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Published 16 Jun 2016

Direct formation of gold nanorods on surfaces using polymer-immobilised gold seeds

  • Majid K. Abyaneh,
  • Pietro Parisse and
  • Loredana Casalis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 809–816, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.72

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  • techniques such as AFM and SEM have been used to support concept of the proposed growth method. Keywords: atomic force microscopy (AFM); direct surface growth; gold nanorods; nanocomposites; poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA); Introduction Gold nanorods (GNRs) are among the most interesting noble metal one
  • noble metal NRs or NWs with various techniques, such as electron-beam lithography [14][15], Langmuir–Blodgett (L–B) methods [16], stretched polymer matrices [17], self-assembly [18][19][20], and electric fields [21]. However, both direct and indirect surface-growth approaches present significant
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Published 06 Jun 2016

Selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol in CuO-loaded NaTaO3 nanocubes in isopropanol

  • Tianyu Xiang,
  • Feng Xin,
  • Jingshuai Chen,
  • Yuwen Wang,
  • Xiaohong Yin and
  • Xiao Shao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 776–783, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.69

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  • activity was LiTaO3 > NaTaO3 > KTaO3, which was consistent with that of the Eg (band gap) values. However, the highest yield of CO in LiTaO3 was 0.42 μmol/g after 24 h of photoirradiation, which was still far from satisfactory. Ye et al. [16] synthesized a series of noble-metal-loaded NaTaO3 samples to
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Published 01 Jun 2016

Rigid multipodal platforms for metal surfaces

  • Michal Valášek,
  • Marcin Lindner and
  • Marcel Mayor

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 374–405, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.34

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Published 08 Mar 2016

Controlled graphene oxide assembly on silver nanocube monolayers for SERS detection: dependence on nanocube packing procedure

  • Martina Banchelli,
  • Bruno Tiribilli,
  • Roberto Pini,
  • Luigi Dei,
  • Paolo Matteini and
  • Gabriella Caminati

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 9–21, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.2

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  • ], optoelectronics [3], energy-harvesting applications [4], cancer imaging and therapy [5], sensing and biosensing applications [6][7]. In particular, sensors based on arrays of noble metal nanoparticles have become increasingly popular for the ultrasensitive detection of a variety of species ranging from small
  • with those obtained on pristine AgNCs LB films, excitation wavelength was fixed at 638 nm for both systems for the sake of comparison. The SERS experiments were conducted by using adenine as model probe because of its well-known SERS response and potential to establish interactions with both noble
  • metal and graphene surfaces [58]. In Figure 6 the SERS spectra of adenine adsorbed from a 9 × 10−7 M incubation solution on AgNCs (B) and hybrid GO/AgNCs substrates (C, D) is displayed. Overall, the signals exhibit similar spectroscopic features (frequencies, S/N ratio, intensity), which suggests the
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Published 06 Jan 2016

Chemiresistive/SERS dual sensor based on densely packed gold nanoparticles

  • Sanda Boca,
  • Cosmin Leordean,
  • Simion Astilean and
  • Cosmin Farcau

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2498–2503, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.259

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  • type of optical sensor must be able to identify and quantify the investigated analyte, ideally by the use of a low-cost chip made by simple manufacturing procedures. Noble metal nanoparticles (NPs) demonstrated repeatedly their effectiveness as transducing elements in optical sensors based on surface
  • demonstration of a dual electrical/optical sensing concept based on gold nanoparticles, combining unique advantages of both chemiresistor and SERS sensors. Results and Discussion Dual sensing concept The main idea of this work stems from the fact that the same physical systems (noble metal colloids) and the
  • same fabrication tools (colloidal self-assembly) could in principle yield novel nano-enabled devices with both optical and electrical functionalities. A graphical summary describing the envisaged DEOS concept is given in Figure 1. An array of noble metal colloids assembled between electrodes on a solid
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Published 29 Dec 2015

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering by colloidal CdSe nanocrystal submonolayers fabricated by the Langmuir–Blodgett technique

  • Alexander G. Milekhin,
  • Larisa L. Sveshnikova,
  • Tatyana A. Duda,
  • Ekaterina E. Rodyakina,
  • Volodymyr M. Dzhagan,
  • Ovidiu D. Gordan,
  • Sergey L. Veber,
  • Cameliu Himcinschi,
  • Alexander V. Latyshev and
  • Dietrich R. T. Zahn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2388–2395, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.245

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  • substances [2][3][4][5][6][7] down to a single molecule [8][9]. The primary benefit of SERS is that the intensity of Raman scattering by vibrational modes in molecules is drastically increased (typically by a factor of 105–106) when the molecules are placed in the proximity of noble metal nanoclusters or on
  • nm, and thus the reduction of the Raman scattering signal from the underlying Si. This conclusion is consistent with previously reported results [53] confirming that for noble metal nanoclusters the extinction cross-section can be up to 10 times larger than their geometrical cross-section. The
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Published 14 Dec 2015
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