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High-Performance, Reproducible Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering Probes

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The main limitation of the use of tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS) is due to the lack of reliable scanning probes. We present a simple procedure to manufacture TERS probes with highly reproducible characteristics that are reliable and provide sufficient enhancement. The procedure is based on the modification of conventional cantilevers of scanning probe microscopes by plasma etching, followed by the formation of a TERS enhancing region at the apex by deposition of colloidal nanoparticles by dielectrophoresis.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 19-14-00171.

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  1. Shemyakin–Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia

    K. E. Mochalov, D. O. Solovyova & V. A. Oleinikov

  2. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409, Moscow, Russia

    D. O. Solovyova & V. A. Oleinikov

  3. Academician Shumakov National Medical Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    A. E. Efimov

  4. Snotra LLC, 121205, Moscow, Russia

    A. E. Efimov

  5. Federal Research Clinical Center of Physical Chemical Medicine, Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435, Moscow, Russia

    D. V. Klinov

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Mochalov, K.E., Solovyova, D.O., Efimov, A.E. et al. High-Performance, Reproducible Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering Probes. Tech. Phys. Lett. 46, 1084–1087 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785020110103

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