<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sekhar, Anandakumari Chandrasekharan Sunil</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vinod, Chathakudath Prabhakaran</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gold incorporated mesoporous silica thin film model surface as a robust SERS and catalytically active substrate</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecules</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">gold nanoparticles</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">model catalysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SERS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thin films</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAY</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MDPI AG</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">21</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">667</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Ultra-small gold nanoparticles incorporated in mesoporous silica thin films with accessible pore channels perpendicular to the substrate are prepared by a modified sol-gel method. The simple and easy spin coating technique is applied here to make homogeneous thin films. The surface characterization using FESEM shows crack-free films with a perpendicular pore arrangement. The applicability of these thin films as catalysts as well as a robust SERS active substrate for model catalysis study is tested. Compared to bare silica film our gold incorporated silica, GSM-23F gave an enhancement factor of 10(3) for RhB with a laser source 633 nm. The reduction reaction of p-nitrophenol with sodium borohydride from our thin films shows a decrease in peak intensity corresponding to -NO2 group as time proceeds, confirming the catalytic activity. Such model surfaces can potentially bridge the material gap between a real catalytic system and surface science studies.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.465</style></custom4></record></records></xml>