Our scientific understanding of the nanoscale world is continuously growing ever since
atomic force microscopy (AFM) has enabled us to “see” materials at this length scale …

Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is particularly sensitive to analytes residing at
plasmonic tip–sample nanojunctions, where the incident and scattered optical fields may be …

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are travelling surface waves that have shown promise
for applications in nanophotonics as they provide a direct route toward photon-mediated …

Optical near-field excitation of metallic nanostructures can be used to enhance
photochemical reactions. The enhancement under visible light illumination is of particular …

A flexible adhesive tape decorated with SERS-active silver nanorods (AgNRs) in the form of
an array nanostructure is described. The tape was constructed by transferring the AgNRs …

Through coupling optical processes with the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), single-
molecule chemistry and physics have been investigated at the ultimate spatial and temporal …

A quantitative single-molecule tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) study at room
temperature remained a challenge due to the rapid structural dynamics of molecules …

AFM was proposed in the 1990s as a tool to determine the topography at a sub-micrometer
level. Since then AFM proved to be a valuable tool in material science and physical …

To realize fast detection of trace hazardous chemicals, a SERS substrate with the structure
of a blackberry-like silver/graphene oxide nanoparticle cluster (Ag/GO NPC) has been …

In this work, a Raman bond model that partitions the Raman intensity to interatomic charge
flow modulations or Raman bonds is extended from the static limit to frequency dependent …