Nicholas Valley

TL;DR: This study demonstrates that the creation of hot spots, where two particles are in subnanometer proximity or have coalesced to form crevices, is paramount to achieving maximum SERS enhancements.

TL;DR: It is shown that molecular electronic resonance Raman (RR) and surface-enhanced Raman effects combine synergistically in SMSERS, the first demonstration of SMSERS of a triphenylmethane dye using the isotopologue approach.

TL;DR: The significant brightening of nanotube photoluminescence is demonstrated through the creation of an optically allowed defect state that resides below the predicted energy level of the dark excitons.

TL;DR: It is proved that hot spot dominated systems show little dependence on the far- field scattering properties because of differences between near- and far-field localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effects as well as excitation of new plas mon modes via a localized emitter.

TL;DR: In this paper, a set of substituted benzenethiols were measured experimentally and calculated from static polarizability derivatives determined with time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT).