Observation of no significant surface enhancement of Raman scattering from benzoic acid molecules on mercury |
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| Authors: | Shou-Yih Wang Shen-Yuan Chou N. T. Liang |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Physics Department, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan 300, Republic of China;2. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | There is controversy regarding the surface enhancement of Raman scattering due to liquid Hg, and the enhancement of benzoic acid molecules adsorbed on liquid Hg has been determined to be essentially zero. However, if the noise error bar is taken into account, the maximum enhancement is estimated to be less than 30. The same enhancement was observed when the temperature was reduced in solidifying liquid Hg. |
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