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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1022-1027 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Advanced Materials |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 20 2013 |
Keywords
- Raman imaging
- SERS probes
- core-shell gold nanostructures
- electromagnetic hot-spots