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Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

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Visible light can interact efficiently with the vibronic and electronic systems of a sample and fetch rich information about the intrinsic features, such as the chemical, physical and biological properties of the sample. Optical techniques have therefore been convenient tools for a long time to analyze and image various materials. However, the spatial resolution in optical microscopy is restricted by the diffraction limit of light, making it impossible to study samples much smaller than the wavelength of the probing light. This restriction can be overcome if a conventional optical microscopy, such as Raman microscopy, is combined with near-field techniques. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is such a technique. It utilizes a sharp metallic nano-tip to intensely enhance and strongly confine light within a tiny volume near the tip-apex and enables characterization of samples at the nanoscale. In this Chapter, we discuss the details of this technique and explain how light can be tightly confined into a nanometric volume for true nanoscale exploration of samples. TERS is still a young technique and has been going through a rapid development in the past two decades, which has not only made it more reliable and sturdier over the period, but has also brought this apparently complicated technique out from the laboratories of the veterans to the market for researchers who are experts in different fields. This has obviously happened with improved adaptability, flexibility and robustness with possibilities of a wide range of applications. We will discuss some interesting applications and related instrumentations for TERS.

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Umakoshi, T., Verma, P. (2021). Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. In: Singh, D.K., Pradhan, M., Materny, A. (eds) Modern Techniques of Spectroscopy. Progress in Optical Science and Photonics, vol 13. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6084-6_8

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