Molecules in the mirror: how SERS backgrounds arise from the quantum method of images† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Additional derivation of eqn (5). See DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00093e Click here for additional data file.

The SERS background can be derived from the interaction of a molecule near a plasmonic surface with its image molecule.

• Publication year

  2014

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  Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP

• Publication date

  2014-03-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Physics, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1039/c4cp00093ePMID 24584480PMCID 4047623
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