Magnetically assembled Ni@Ag urchin-like ensembles with ultra-sharp tips and numerous gaps for SERS applications

Small. 2014 Jul 9;10(13):2564-9. doi: 10.1002/smll.201303857. Epub 2014 Mar 18.

Authors

Dequan Liu¹, Xi Wang, Deyan He, Thang Duy Dao, Tadaaki Nagao, Qunhong Weng, Daiming Tang, Xuebin Wang, Wei Tian, Dmitri Golberg, Yoshio Bando

Affiliation

¹ School of Physical Science and Technology, Key Laboratory for Magnetism and, Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; World Premier International (WPI) Center for Materials, Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan.

PMID: 24644040
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201303857

No abstract available

Keywords: Ni@Ag urchin-like assemblies; magnetically induced assembly; surface-enhanced raman scattering; ultra-sharp tips.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Magnetics*
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Nickel / chemistry*
Silver / chemistry*
Spectrum Analysis, Raman*
X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

Silver
Nickel