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Raman Scattering for Probing Semiconductor Nanocrystal Arrays with a Low Areal Density
We present a study of resonant and surface enhanced Raman
scattering
by arrays of nanocrystals (cadmium sulfide CdS, lead selenide PbSe,
and zinc oxide ZnO) with various areal density fabricated by using
the Langmuir–Blodgett technique and colloidal chemistry. Resonant
Raman scattering by transverse, longitudinal, and surface optical
(TO, LO, and SO) phonons and their overtones up to ninth order was
achieved for nanocrystal (NC) arrays by adjusting the laser energy
to that of the interband transitions. The resonance enhancement allowed
a Raman response from arrays of NCs with a low areal density (down
to 10 PbSe NCs per 1 μm<sup>2</sup>) to be measured. An enhancement
of Raman scattering by LO and SO modes in CdS NC arrays with a low
areal density by a factor of about 730 was achieved due to the resonant
surface enhanced Raman scattering effect