We have examined the effect of ordered silver nanocluster substrates on the surface-enhanced Raman spectrum of rhodamine 6G (R6G). Triangular shaped silver nanocluster arrays with order on the approximately 100 mum range were prepared using nanosphere lithography. Direct comparisons of R6G surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) signals between ordered nanocluster regions and amorphous Ag re...

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates with high density and uniformity of nanogaps are proven to enhance the reproducibility and sensitivity of the Raman signal. Up to now, the syntheses of a highly ordered gold or silver superstructure with a controllable nanoparticle size and a well-defined particle gap have been quite limited. Here, we reported an ordered mesoporous silver supe...

Well-ordered Ag nanoparticle arrays with high particle density were fabricated by photochemical reduction of domain-selective Ag(+)-loading on hydrophobic polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PS-b-P4VP) self-assembled diblock copolymer templates.

The growth of Ag on an ordered Al2O3 surface was studied by low energy ion scattering spectroscopy (LEIS), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and temperature programmed desorption (TPD). Three-dimensional (3D) growth of Ag clusters was observed with STM and LEIS, with the cluster size increasing with Ag coverage. The XPS core level binding energies and ...

Sulphosalts in the system AgSbS2-AgAsS2 have been experimentally investigated using dry methods. The solid solutions which form between ?-miargyrite and smithite have different structures. The EPMA data for the solid solution series show that there is an inverse relation between Sb and As. The cell parameters of the solid solution between ?-miargyrite and smithite increase up to about 50% of...

sulphosalts in the system agsbs2-agass2 have been experimentally investigated using dry methods. the solid solutions which form between ?-miargyrite and smithite have different structures. the epma data for the solid solution series show that there is an inverse relation between sb and as. the cell parameters of the solid solution between ?-miargyrite and smithite increase up to about 50% of...

sulphosalts in the system agsbs2-agass2 have been experimentally investigated using dry methods. the solid solutions which form between ?-miargyrite and smithite have different structures. the epma data for the solid solution series show that there is an inverse relation between sb and as. the cell parameters of the solid solution between ?-miargyrite and smithite increase up to about 50% of ag...