Gold-coated AFM tips for tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: Theoretical calculation and experimental demonstration

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 13804-13813

  Meng, Lingyan ^a   Huang, Tengxiang ^a   Wang, Xiang ^a   Chen, Shu ^a   Yang, Zhilin ^a   Ren, Bin ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GOLD; LASER EXCITATION; NANOPROBES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RATIONAL CONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

GOLD COATINGS;

EID: 84943166248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.013804     Document Type: Article

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