List of Contributors |
Preface |
Plasmonic materials for surface-enhanced and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy / M.A. Young ; J. A. Dieringer ; R.P. Van DuyneChapter 1: |
Introduction / [Section] 1: |
Nanosphere lithography / [Section] 2: |
Size- and shape-tunable localized surface plasmon resonance spectra / [Section] 3: |
Fundamentals of localized surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy / [Section] 4: |
Electrodynamic calculations / [Section] 5: |
The distance dependence of the localized surface plasmon resonance / [Section] 6: |
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy / [Section] 7: |
Wavelength-scanned surface-enhanced Raman excitation spectroscopy / [Section] 8: |
SERS enhancement factor calculation / [Section] 9: |
SERS distance dependence by atomic layer deposition / [Section] 10: |
2D correlation analysis of SMSERS and single nanoparticle SERS data / [Section] 11: |
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering / [Section] 12: |
TERS force dependence using AFM / [Section] 13: |
Conclusion and outlook / [Section] 14: |
Acknowledgments |
References |
Towards single molecule sensitivity in surface-enhanced Raman scattering / M. Futamata ; Y. MaruyamaChapter 2: |
Experiments and numerical analysis |
Experimental set up for SERS measurement / 2.1: |
Ag nanoparticles preparation / 2.1.1: |
Numerical analysis of the local electric field and elastic scattering spectra for metal nanostructures / 2.2: |
Results and discussion |
Hot particles in SERS / 3.1: |
Local field evaluation on the Ag nanoparticles / 3.2: |
Origin of the blinking / 3.3: |
Blinking at room temperature / 3.3.1: |
Blinking at low temperature / 3.3.2: |
Critical importance of the junction for SMS-SERS / 3.4: |
Elastic scattering experiments / 3.4.1: |
Numerical simulations of elastic scattering spectra / 3.4.2: |
Emission spectra / 3.5: |
Summary |
Acknowledgment |
Near-field effects in tip-enhanced Raman scattering / Y. Inouye ; P. Verma ; T. Ichimura ; S. KawataChapter 3: |
Tip enhancement of Raman scattering |
Metallic probe as a nanolight source |
Enhancement mechanism for Rhodamine 6G |
RRS and SERRS spectra of R6G |
TERS spectra of R6G |
Near-field Raman scattering from Carbon-60 |
The gap-mode enhancement / 4.1: |
Tip-force effect on C60 / 4.2: |
Tip-enhanced nonlinear optical spectroscopy |
Photon confinement due to nonlinear optical effect / 5.1: |
Tip-enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering / 5.2: |
Experimental system / 5.3: |
Tip-enhanced CARS images of DNA clusters / 5.4: |
Conclusion |
Use of tip-enhanced vibrational spectroscopy for analytical applications in chemistry, biology, and materials science / T. Schmid ; B.-S. Yeo ; W. Zhang ; R. ZenobiChapter 4: |
Setups for tip-enhanced vibrational spectroscopy |
Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) |
Tip-enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (TE-CARS) |
Scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) / 2.3: |
Tip fabrication / 2.4: |
Enhancement factors and lateral resolution |
TERS contrasts and enhancement factors |
Comparison of TERS contrasts and enhancement factors |
Lateral resolution in apertureless near-field microscopy |
Chemical applications |
Dyes |
Catalysis |
Microfluidics and chromatography / 4.3: |
Biological applications |
Biopolymers |
Viruses and biological tissues |
Applications in materials science |
Nanotubes / 6.1: |
Material-specific mapping / 6.2: |
Semiconductors / 6.3: |
SERS substrates / 6.4: |
Conclusions and outlook |
Tip-enhanced optical spectroscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes / A. Hartschuh ; H. Qian ; A.J. Meixner ; N. Anderson ; L. NovotnyChapter 5: |
Experimental setup |
Single-walled carbon nanotubes |
Near-field Raman spectroscopy of SWCNTs |
Near-field photoluminescence spectroscopy of SWCNTs |
Discussion of the signal enhancement and the image contrast |
Scanning nano-Raman spectroscopy of silicon and other semiconducting materials / D. Mehtani ; N. Lee ; R.D. Hartschuh ; A. Kisliuk ; M.D. Foster ; A.P. Sokolov ; J.F. MaguireChapter 6: |
Side-illumination geometry and preparation of tips |
Apparent enhancement and its localization |
Tip enhancement and contrast |
Improving contrast for silicon |
Optical properties of the apertureless tips |
Summary and outlook |
Near-field optical structuring and manipulation based on local field enhancement in the vicinity of metal nano structures / R. BachelotChapter 7: |
Introduction: context and motivation |
General consideration on the optics of metal nanostructures |
Tip-enhanced optical lithography (TEOL) |
TEOL on inorganic material |
TEOL on photopolymer |
NFOL based on localized 3-D surface plasmons |
Mask-based surface plasmon lithography |
Apertureless near-field microscopy of second-harmonic generation / A. V. ZayatsChapter 8: |
Second-harmonic generation imaging with SNOM |
SHG in the presence of a probe tip |
SHG from a probe tip: a localized light source |
Tip-enhanced surface SHG |
Self-consistent model of second-harmonic ASNOM |
Second-harmonic ASNOM: experimental realisation |
SHG enhancement at conical objects |
SHG from a metal tip apex |
SHG ASNOM applications for functional materials characterisation |
Resonant optical antennas and single emitters / B. Hecht ; P. Muhlschlegel ; J.N. Farahani ; H.-J. Eisler ; D.W. PohlChapter 9: |
Antenna basics |
Field enhancement in resonant dipole antennas |
Emission of radiation from dipole antennas |
Antenna equivalent circuit / 2.2.1: |
Antenna impedance / 2.2.2: |
True current distribution in a thin dipole antenna / 2.2.3: |
Antennas for light |
Light confinement by resonant dipole antennas |
Nonplasmonic optical antenna / 3.2.1: |
Plasmonic optical antenna / 3.2.2: |
Light confinement by a resonant bowtie antenna |
Fabrication and characterization of resonant optical antennas |
Single dipole emitters coupled to optical antennas |
Properties of single dipole emitters near metal nano structures |
Experimental realization: creating an antenna-based super-emitter |
Author index |
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Preface |
Plasmonic materials for surface-enhanced and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy / M.A. Young ; J. A. Dieringer ; R.P. Van DuyneChapter 1: |