Plasmonic Core–Shell–Satellites with Abundant Electromagnetic Hotspots for Highly Sensitive and Reproducible SERS Detection
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Fabrication of Ag NP Templates and Ag@Ag NPs
3.2. Fabrication of Plasmonic Core–Shell Satellites
3.3. Sample Characterization and SERS Measurement
3.4. FDTD Simulation
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pandey, P.; Kunwar, S.; Shin, K.-H.; Seo, M.-K.; Yoon, J.; Hong, W.-K.; Sohn, J.-I. Plasmonic Core–Shell–Satellites with Abundant Electromagnetic Hotspots for Highly Sensitive and Reproducible SERS Detection. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 12191. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222212191
Pandey P, Kunwar S, Shin K-H, Seo M-K, Yoon J, Hong W-K, Sohn J-I. Plasmonic Core–Shell–Satellites with Abundant Electromagnetic Hotspots for Highly Sensitive and Reproducible SERS Detection. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021; 22(22):12191. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222212191
Chicago/Turabian StylePandey, Puran, Sundar Kunwar, Ki-Hoon Shin, Min-Kyu Seo, Jongwon Yoon, Woong-Ki Hong, and Jung-Inn Sohn. 2021. "Plasmonic Core–Shell–Satellites with Abundant Electromagnetic Hotspots for Highly Sensitive and Reproducible SERS Detection" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 22: 12191. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222212191