Tip-enhanced Raman imaging and spectroscopy: sensitivity, symmetry and selection rules

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2008-03-30

arxiv.org/abs/0803.4464v1

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This article reviews the new developments in Tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS). The fundamental mechanisms underlying the Raman enhancement are discussed, including the role of the plasmonic character of the metallic tips, the nature of the optical tip-sample coupling and the resulting local-field confinement responsible for ultrahigh spatial resolution down to just several nanometers. Criteria for the distinction of near-field signature from far-field imaging artifacts are addressed and TERS results of molecules and nanostructures are presented. With enhancement factors as high as 10$^9$, single molecule spectroscopy is demonstrated. Spatially resolved vibrational mapping of crystalline nanostructures and determination of crystallographic orientation and domains is shown making use of the unique symmetry properties of the tip in conjunction with the intrinsic Raman selection rules.

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