title: Evidence of a surface plasmon-mediated mechanism in the generation of the SERS background.
abstract: Herein, we correlate the SERS images recorded by Scanning Confocal Raman Microscopy with the plasmonic response of a Ag nanostructured film of controlled morphology to put forward direct evidence for the involvement of a plasmonic mechanism in the generation of the SERS background.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University, 1 M. Kogalniceanu 400084, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. cosmin.farcau@phys.ubbcluj.ro
authors.forename: Cosmin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farcau
authors.forename: Simion
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Astilean