Marrying the single-molecule detection ability of surface-enhanced Raman scattering with the extreme time resolution of ultrafast coherent spectroscopy enables the vibrations of a single molecule to be observed.
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Piatkowski, L., Hugall, J. & van Hulst, N. Watching a molecule breathe. Nature Photon 8, 589–591 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2014.174
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