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Journal of Spectroscopy
Volume 2018 (2018), Article ID 4127108, 9 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4127108
Research Article

Preparation of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrates Based on Immobilized Silver-Capped Nanoparticles

C. Caro,1,2,3 F. Gámez,1 and A. P. Zaderenko1

1Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Crta. de Utrera Km 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
2REQUIMTE/UCIBIO, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
3Centro Andaluz de Nanomedicina y Biotecnología (BIONAND), Calle Severo Ochoa 35, 29590 Málaga, Spain

Correspondence should be addressed to C. Caro; moc.liamg@lasracac

Received 21 January 2018; Accepted 19 February 2018; Published 8 April 2018

Academic Editor: Christoph Krafft

Copyright © 2018 C. Caro 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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