Issue 13, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Experimental demonstration of surface selection rules for SERS on flat metallic surfaces†‡

E. C. Le Ru,*a   S. A. Meyer,a   C. Artur,a   P. G. Etchegoin,a   J. Grand,b   P. Langb  and  F. Maurelb  

* Corresponding authors

a The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
E-mail: eric.leru@vuw.ac.nz

b Laboratoire ITODYS, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS - UMR 7086, 15 rue Jean de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex, France

Abstract

We have measured the polarization and incident angle dependence of the Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) signal of a nile blue monolayer adsorbed on a flat gold surface. Comparisons with predictions of electromagnetic (EM) theory indicate that the molecules are predominantly adsorbed flat on the surface. These results provide the most direct demonstration of the concept of surface selection rules in SERS, and further confirm the validity of the SERS-EM model beyond the |E|4-approximation.

Graphical abstract: Experimental demonstration of surface selection rules for SERS on flat metallic surfaces

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC10484E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jan 2011
Accepted
03 Feb 2011
First published
21 Feb 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 3903-3905

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Experimental demonstration of surface selection rules for SERS on flat metallic surfaces

E. C. Le Ru, S. A. Meyer, C. Artur, P. G. Etchegoin, J. Grand, P. Lang and F. Maurel, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3903 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10484E

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