Transparent silver microcrystals: synthesis and application for nanoscale analysis.
Micrometer-sized atomically flat silver nanoplates with a thickness of 10-20 nm were obtained in a one-pot reduction of silver nitrate with hydrazine sulfate without surfactants or polymers. The optically transparent triangles and hexagons have been proven to be excellent substrates for experiments with a tip-enhanced Raman transmission setup.
ISAS- Institute for Analytical Sciences, Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Strasse 11, D-44139 Dortmund, Germany. gaudig@isas.de
Tanja
T
Deckert-Gaudig
Florian
F
Erver
Volker
V
Deckert