Pushing the sample-size limit of infrared vibrational nanospectroscopy: From monolayer toward single molecule sensitivity

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1836-1841

  Xu, Xiaoji G ^a   Rang, Mathias ^b   Craig, Ian M ^c   Raschke, Markus B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Forschungsinstitut am Goetheanum   (Switzerland)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16-MERCAPTOHEXADECANOIC ACID; CARBONYL GROUPS; DETECTION SCHEME; FEMTOSECONDS; GOLD SUBSTRATES; IR VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY; LINE SHAPE; NANO-METER SCALE; NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; NEAR-FIELD; OPTICAL ANTENNAS; PUMP POWER; RESONANT ENHANCEMENTS; ROADMAP; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE SENSITIVITY; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; TIME DOMAIN; VIBRATIONAL RESONANCE;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84863613741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz300463d     Document Type: Article

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