Improving resolution in quantum subnanometre-gap tip-enhanced Raman nanoimaging

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Yingchao ^a,b   Voronine, Dmitri V ^a,c   Qiu, Shangran ^a,b   Sinyukov, Alexander M ^a   Hamilton, Mary ^c   Liege, Zachary ^a,c   Sokolov, Alexei V ^a,c   Zhang, Zhenrong ^c   Scully, Marlan O ^a,c,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85073490420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep25788     Document Type: Article

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