Published November 4, 2012 | Version v1

Organized Plasmonic Clusters with High Coordination Number and Extraordinary Enhancement in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

  • 1. Physikalische Chemie II, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95440 Bayreuth (Germany)
  • 2. Colloid chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78464 Konstanz (Germany)
  • 3. Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, UNAM, km 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, C.P. 22860, Ensenada B.C. (México)y Departamento de Química-Física, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo (Spain)
  • 4. Departamento de Química-Física, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo (Spain) and Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
  • 5. Instituto de Quimica-Fisica Rocasolano-CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006, Madrid (Spain)
  • 6. ICREA (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona (Spain) and Department of Electronic Engineering & Center for Chemical Technology of Catalonia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avda. Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona (Spain)

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Highly symmetric gold nanoparticle clusters with coordination numbers up to seven were produced by using coating with block copolymers. The resulting clusters were separated by density gradient centrifugation and characterized by using SEM and optical spectroscopy

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European Commission
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