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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Mohammad Mehdi Shahjamali, Singapore, SG;
Can Xue, Singapore, SG;
Yin Chiang Freddy Boey, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 18/44 (2006.01); C23C 18/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 18/44 (2013.01); C23C 18/165 (2013.01); C23C 18/1635 (2013.01); C23C 18/1637 (2013.01); Y10T 428/2991 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method forms a bimetallic core-shell nanostructure. The bimetallic core-shell nanostructure comprises a core comprising silver and a shell comprising gold. The bimetallic core-shell nanostructure may be used in various technical fields, such as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), photovoltaic cells, biomedical, bioimaging and biosensing applications.