Surface enhanced spectroscopy-active composite nanoparticles

Optics: measuring and testing – With sample preparation

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ABSTRACT:
Metal nanoparticles associated with a spectroscopy-active (e.g., Raman-active) analyte and surrounded by an encapsulant are useful as sensitive optical tags detectable by surface-enhanced spectroscopy (e.g., surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy).

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