Water-induced morphology changes in an ultrathin silver film studied by ultraviolet–visible, surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy

2005 ◽  
Vol 474 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 181-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Li ◽  
Weiqing Xu ◽  
Huiying Jia ◽  
Xu Wang ◽  
Bing Zhao ◽  
...  
1993 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel C. Rubim ◽  
Jae-Ho Kim ◽  
Eric Henderson ◽  
Therese M. Cotton

Three different methods were used to roughen brass (Cu/Zn = 67/33) electrodes in 0.5 M H2SO4 containing 1.0 mM benzotriazole (BTAH): (1) polarization at +0.05 V vs. saturated calomel for 5 min; (2) immersion in the above solution for six hours; and (3) oxidation-reduction cycling in the presence of chloride ion. The surfaces prepared by the first two methods exhibited surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra of the polymeric complex [Cu(I)BTA] n. The SERS spectrum obtained from electrodes prepared by the third method is very similar to that of [CU(I)C1BTAH]4. Examination of the electrodes by atomic force microscopy (AFM) showed that a large number of grain boundary sites are formed by the roughening processes. This effect is attributed to the loss of zinc, which occurs during corrosion of the mirror-like, polished brass electrode surface in the sulfuric acid solution.


2021 ◽  
pp. 2001171
Author(s):  
Sara Abalde‐Cela ◽  
Lei Wu ◽  
Alexandra Teixeira ◽  
Kevin Oliveira ◽  
Lorena Diéguez

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