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Nanopatterned Ag substrates for SERS spectroscopy

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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 10, Issue 31, Pages 4555-4558

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b807663d

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Nanopatterned silver substrates with highly reproducible morphologies have been fabricated by micro-contact printing techniques and tested for SERS activity.

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