Tip-enhanced Raman scattering-Targeting structure-specific surface characterization for biomedical samples

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-56

  Sharma, Gaurav ^a   Deckert Gaudig, Tanja ^b   Deckert, Volker ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

High resolution; Lipids; Nucleic acids; Optical microscopy; Proteins; TERS applications; Tip enhanced Raman

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFRACTION; LIPIDS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROTEINS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY; HIGH RESOLUTION; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; NANOMETER RESOLUTIONS; SENSITIVE TECHNIQUES; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERINGS; TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; LIPID; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON; NANOMATERIAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BOTTOM ILLUMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; FOCUSED ION BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; GAP MODE; HUMAN; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LIGHTNING ROD; NANOANALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PARABOLIC MIRROR; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIDE ILLUMINATION; SINGLE MOLECULE DETECTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUB NANOMETER RESOLUTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIP ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; TOP ILLUMINATION; VACUUM EVAPORATION FABRICATION; VIRUS EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84938988995     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2015.06.007     Document Type: Review

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