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ArticleJournal of nanoscience and nanotechnology2019

Raman Signal Enhancement by Quasi-Fractal Geometries of Au Nanoparticles.

Richard E Darienzo, Tatsiana Mironava, Rina Tannenbaum

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Article in Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Richard E DarienzoBiomedical Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Tatsiana MironavaBiomedical Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Rina TannenbaumBiomedical Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.

Funding

Scholars in BioMedical Sciences (SBMS) Training ProgramT32GM127253 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI TSIRKA, STYLIANI-ANNA (STELLA) E · 2018 to 2022
$689k
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM127253US Department of Energy DE-SC0012704
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The synthesis of star-like gold nanoparticles (SGNs) in a temperature-controlled environment allows for temperature modulation and facilitates the growth of highly branched nanoparticles. By increasing the synthesis temperature, the level of branching increases as well. These highly branched features represent a distinctly novel, quasi-fractal nanoparticle morphology, referred to herein as gold nano caltrops (GNC). The increased surface roughness, local curvature and degree of inhomogeneity of GNC lend themselves to generating improved enhancement of the scattering signals in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) via a mechanism in which the localized surface plasmon sites, or "hot spots," provide the engine for the signal amplification, rather than the more conventional surface plasmon. Here, the synthesis procedure and the surface-enhancing capabilities of GNC are described and discussed.

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GoldMetal NanoparticlesFractalsSpectrum Analysis, RamanGold

Identifiers

PMID30913781
PMCPMC6883356

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