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SERS Spectroscopy and Microscopy

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Raman Spectroscopy for Nanomaterials Characterization

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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy coupled with microscopic investigation. Combining SERS and microscopy measurements.

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  1. Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino, I-50019, Italy

    Maurizio Muniz-Miranda, Cristina Gellini & Massimo Innocenti

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Muniz-Miranda, M., Gellini, C., Innocenti, M. (2012). SERS Spectroscopy and Microscopy. In: Kumar, C.S.S.R. (eds) Raman Spectroscopy for Nanomaterials Characterization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20620-7_20

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