Chemical mapping of a single molecule by plasmon-enhanced Raman scattering

Nature

Volumn 498, Issue 7452, 2013, Pages 82-86

  Zhang, R ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Dong, Z C ^a   Jiang, S ^a   Zhang, C ^a   Chen, L G ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Liao, Y ^a   Aizpurua, J ^b   Luo, Y ^a,c   Yang, J L ^a   Hou, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAPPING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EXCITATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VACUUM;

EID: 84878707608     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12151     Document Type: Article

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