Novel methodology for estimating the enhancement factor for tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Roy, Debdulal ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Williams, Craig ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; METROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; RAMAN IMAGES; RAMAN IMAGING; RAMAN SPECTROMETERS; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 67649780603     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3056155     Document Type: Article

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