Catalytic processes monitored at the nanoscale with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 583-586

  Van Schrojenstein Lantman, Evelien M ^a   Deckert Gaudig, Tanja ^b   Mank, Arjan J G ^a,c   Deckert, Volker ^b,d   Weckhuysen, Bert M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; MOLECULAR INSIGHTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL INFORMATION; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS;

RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

4 NITROTHIOPHENOL; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPLATE; THIOPHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LASER; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TIP ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84866097396     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.131     Document Type: Article

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