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Journal of Nanotechnology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 319038, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/319038
Review Article
Applications of Self-Assembled Monolayers in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
Received 8 February 2012; Accepted 16 March 2012
Academic Editor: Mustafa Çulha
Copyright © 2012 Charles K. Klutse et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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