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Optimal SERS Nanostructures

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McMahon JM, Henry A-I, Wustholz KL, Natan MJ, Freeman RG, Van Duyne RP, Schatz GC (2009) Gold nanoparticle dimer plasmonics: finite element method calculations of the electromagnetic enhancement to surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Anal Bioanal Chem 394:1819–1825. DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-2738-4

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McMahon, J.M. (2011). Optimal SERS Nanostructures. In: Topics in Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8249-0_5

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