Optical origin of subnanometer resolution in tip-enhanced raman mapping

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 11858-11871

  Zhang, Chao ^a   Chen, Bao Qin ^a   Li, Zhi Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

LATERAL RESOLUTION; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SIGNAL SENSITIVITY; SPATIAL SENSITIVITY; SUBNANOMETER RESOLUTION; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERINGS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84930673979     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02653     Document Type: Article

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