Strong location dependent surface enhanced Raman scattering on individual gold semishell and nanobowl particles

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2010 Oct 7;12(37):11222-4. doi: 10.1039/c0cp00872a. Epub 2010 Aug 17.

Abstract

We demonstrate strong spatial localization of SERS on single symmetry-reduced gold semishell and nanobowl particles. A ∼30 nm carbon nanoparticle acts as a Raman reporter and is placed on different locations on a single semishell or nanobowl by e-beam induced deposition method, and remarkably different SERS intensities are observed.