Abstract

Conventional SERS probes suffer from limited brightness and poor reproducibility and stability making them unsuitable for routine in vivo applications. A novel class of layered SERS probes is demonstrated in which individual nanostructures host electromagnetic hotspots, thus increasing brightness by more than two orders magnitide compared to conventional individual nanostructures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1022-1027
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume25
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 20 2013

Keywords

  • Raman imaging
  • SERS probes
  • core-shell gold nanostructures
  • electromagnetic hot-spots

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