Abstract
The importance of the photothermal effect in surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) measurements is addressed. Strong temperature gradient (≈106 K m-1) induced by photothermal effect can force molecules to move. Finally, redistributed molecules can result in a nonuniform SERS intensity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2649-2652 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Small |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 23 |
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| State | Published - 6 Dec 2010 |
Keywords
- photothermal effects
- plasmonics
- surface enhanced Raman scattering
- thermal gradient