Nanoscale chemical imaging of solid-liquid interfaces using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2018/NR/C7NR08257F#!divAbstract" target="_blank" >https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2018/NR/C7NR08257F#!divAbstract</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7nr08257f" target="_blank" >10.1039/c7nr08257f</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Nanoscale chemical imaging of solid-liquid interfaces using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is a powerful tool for non-destructive and label-free surface molecular mapping at the nanoscale. However, to date nanoscale resolution chemical imaging in a liquid environment has not been possible, in part due to the lack of robust TERS probes that are stable when immersed in a liquid. In this work, we have addressed this challenge by developing plasmonically-active TERS probes with a multilayer metal coating structure that can be successfully used within a liquid environment. Using these novel TERS probes, we have compared the plasmonic enhancement of TERS signals in air and water environments for both gap mode and non-gap mode configurations and show that in both cases the plasmonic enhancement decreases in water. To better understand the signal attenuation in water, we have performed numerical simulations that revealed a negative correlation between the electric field enhancement at the TERS probe-apex and the refractive index of the surrounding medium. Finally, using these robust probes we demonstrate TERS imaging with nanoscale spatial resolution in a water environment for the first time by employing single-wall carbon nanotubes as a model sample. Our findings are expected to broaden the scope of TERS to a range of scientific disciplines in which nanostructured solid–liquid interfaces play a key role

Název v anglickém jazyce

Nanoscale chemical imaging of solid-liquid interfaces using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Popis výsledku anglicky

Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is a powerful tool for non-destructive and label-free surface molecular mapping at the nanoscale. However, to date nanoscale resolution chemical imaging in a liquid environment has not been possible, in part due to the lack of robust TERS probes that are stable when immersed in a liquid. In this work, we have addressed this challenge by developing plasmonically-active TERS probes with a multilayer metal coating structure that can be successfully used within a liquid environment. Using these novel TERS probes, we have compared the plasmonic enhancement of TERS signals in air and water environments for both gap mode and non-gap mode configurations and show that in both cases the plasmonic enhancement decreases in water. To better understand the signal attenuation in water, we have performed numerical simulations that revealed a negative correlation between the electric field enhancement at the TERS probe-apex and the refractive index of the surrounding medium. Finally, using these robust probes we demonstrate TERS imaging with nanoscale spatial resolution in a water environment for the first time by employing single-wall carbon nanotubes as a model sample. Our findings are expected to broaden the scope of TERS to a range of scientific disciplines in which nanostructured solid–liquid interfaces play a key role

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10403 - Physical chemistry

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Nanoscale

ISSN

2040-3364

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

10

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

1815-1824

Kód UT WoS článku

000423355300030

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85041239220