Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS)
have opened a variety of exciting research fields. However, although a vast number of …

The advent of nanotechnology, and the need to understand the chemical composition at the
nanoscale, has stimulated the convergence of IR and Raman spectroscopy with scanning …

Raman spectroscopy can be used to measure the chemical composition of a sample, which
can in turn be used to extract biological information. Many materials have characteristic …

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

Raman spectroscopy is an increasingly popular technique in many areas, including biology
and medicine. It is based on Raman scattering, a phenomenon in which incident photons …

Blood is a bodily fluid that is vital for a number of life functions in animals. To a first
approximation, blood is a mildly alkaline aqueous fluid (plasma) in which a large number of …

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

Over the last decade, Raman spectroscopy has gained more and more interest in research
as well as in clinical laboratories. As a vibrational spectroscopy technique, it is …

The localized surface plasmon resonance of metal nanoparticles is the collective oscillation
of electrons on particle surface, induced by incident light, and is a particle composition …

Methods for chemical analysis at the nanometer scale are crucial for understanding and
characterizing nanostructures of modern materials and biological systems. Tip‐enhanced …