Single-Molecule Chemistry with Surface- and Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 7583-7613

  Zrimsek, Alyssa B ^a   Chiang, Naihao ^a   Mattei, Michael ^a   Zaleski, Stephanie ^a   McAnally, Michael O ^a   Chapman, Craig T ^a   Henry, Anne Isabelle ^a   Schatz, George C ^a   Van Duyne, Richard P ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL INFORMATION; ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; MOLECULAR BEHAVIOR; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; SINGLE-MOLECULE CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

MOLECULES;

EID: 85020838253     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: 15206890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00552     Document Type: Review

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