Large Area Fabrication of Leaning Silicon Nanopillars for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Using a simple two step fabrication process substrates with a large and uniform Raman enhancement, based on flexible free standing nanopillars can be manufactured over large areas using readily available silicon processing equipment.

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