Driven by applications in chemical sensing, biological imaging and material
characterisation, Raman spectroscopies are attracting growing interest from a variety of …

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 …

This review discusses a relatively new technique for optical nanoimaging at visible
wavelength, known as tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS). This technique relies on …

An atomic-and molecular-level understanding of heterogeneous catalysis is required to
characterize the nature of active sites and improve the rational design of catalysts …

Electromagnetic field localization in nanoantennas is one of the leitmotivs that drives the
development of plasmonics. The near-fields in these plasmonic nanoantennas are …

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

Surface morphology of materials is routinely analysed by an atomic force microscope and
scanning tunneling microscope (STM) down to subnanometer precision. However, it is still …

Tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS) is a promising optical and analytical technique for
chemical imaging and sensing at single molecule resolution. In particular, TERS signals …

This review provides a detailed overview of the state of the art in tip-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy (TERS) and focuses on its applications at the horizon including those in …

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 …