The importance of the photothermal effect in surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) measurements is addressed. Strong temperature gradient (≈106 K m-1) induced by photothermal effect can force molecules to move. Finally, redistributed molecules can result in a nonuniform SERS intensity. Copyright © 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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Kang, T., Hong, S., Choi, Y., & Lee, L. P. (2010). The effect of thermal gradients in SERS spectroscopy. Small, 6(23), 2649–2652. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201000996
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