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Fabrication and characterization of a granular film consisting of size-selected silver nanoparticles: application to a SERS substrate

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Uniform-sized silver nanoparticles with average diameter of 13.7 nm have been prepared in the gas-phase by combining a pulsed laser ablation method with a low pressure-differential mobility analyzer (LP-DMA). By depositing the silver nanoparticles onto a silicon substrate, a granular film consisting of size-selected silver nanoparticles has been fabricated and its morphology and electronic properties have been examined using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-visible absorption spectroscopy. This granular silver film serves as a highly active substrate for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan

    S. Kawabata, N. Ishikawa, M. Mitsui & A. Nakajima

  2. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), c/o Department of Chemistry, Keio University, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan

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Kawabata, S., Ishikawa, N., Mitsui, M. et al. Fabrication and characterization of a granular film consisting of size-selected silver nanoparticles: application to a SERS substrate. Eur. Phys. J. D 43, 155–158 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00064-2

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