Raman and infrared (IR) spectroscopy are powerful analytical techniques, but have
intrinsically low detection sensitivity. There have been three major steps (i) to advance the …

The discovery of the enhancement of Raman scattering by molecules adsorbed on
nanostructured metal surfaces is a landmark in the history of spectroscopic and analytical …

Single-molecule (SM) surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and tip-enhanced
Raman spectroscopy (TERS) have emerged as analytical techniques for characterizing …

Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is a versatile tool for chemical analysis at the
nanoscale. In earlier TERS experiments, Raman modes with components parallel to the tip …

Surface and interfaces play key roles in heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry and
photo (electro) chemistry. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) combines plasmon …

An analytical technique operating at the nanoscale must be flexible regarding variable
experimental conditions while ideally also being highly specific, extremely sensitive, and …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials have been one of the most extensively studied
classes of modern materials, due to their astonishing chemical, optical, electronic, and …

Bilayer (BL) two‐dimensional boron (ie, borophene) has recently been synthesized and
computationally predicted to have promising physical properties for a variety of electronic …

Recent years have seen tremendous improvement of our understanding of high resolution
reachable in TERS experiments, forcing us to re-evaluate our understanding of the intrinsic …

The chemical interrogation of individual atomic adsorbates on a surface significantly
contributes to understanding the atomic-scale processes behind on-surface reactions …