Surface-Enhanced and Normal Stokes and Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Kneipp, Katrin; Kneipp, Harald; Cório, Paola; Brown, S. R.; Shafer, Karen; Motz, Jason T.; Perelman, Lev T.; Hanlon, Eugene B.; Marucci, A.; Dresselhaus, G.; Dresselhaus, M. S.

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“…Raman scattering on SWNTs has been studied intensively in the literature (see, e.g., Refs. [10 -13]) and Raman enhancements of up to 10 12 have been reported for tubes in contact with fractal silver colloidal clusters [14]. In this Letter, nearfield Raman imaging of SWNTs is demonstrated using a sharp silver tip as a probe.…”

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High-Resolution Near-Field Raman Microscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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We present near-field Raman spectroscopy and imaging of single isolated single-walled carbon nanotubes with a spatial resolution of 25 nm. The near-field origin of the image contrast is confirmed by the measured dependence of the Raman scattering signal on tip-sample distance and the unique polarization properties. The method is used to study local variations in the Raman spectrum along a single single-walled carbon nanotube. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.095503 PACS numbers: 61.46.+w, 07.79.-v, 78.30.Na, 78.67.Ch Recent rapid advances in nanotechnology and nanoscience are largely due to our newly acquired ability to measure and manipulate individual structures on the nanoscale. Among the new methods are scanning probe techniques, optical tweezers, and high-resolution electron microscopes. Recently, a near-field optical technique has been demonstrated which allows spectroscopic measurements with 20 nm spatial resolution [1]. The method makes use of the strongly enhanced electric field close to a sharp metal tip under laser illumination and relies on the detection of two-photon excited fluorescence. However, fluorescence imaging requires a high fluorescence quantum yield of the system studied or artificial labeling with fluorophores. Furthermore, fluorescence quenching by the metal tip competes with the local field enhancement effect and therefore limits the general applicability. On the other hand, Raman scattering probes the unique vibrational spectrum of the sample and directly reflects its chemical composition and molecular structure. A main drawback of Raman scattering is the extremely low scattering cross section which is typically 14 orders of magnitude smaller than the cross section of fluorescence. Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), induced by nanometer-sized metal structures, has been shown to provide enormous enhancement factors of up to 10 15 allowing for Raman spectroscopy even on the single molecule level [2,3]. Controlling SERS with a sharp metal tip which is raster scanned over a sample surface has been proposed [1,4], and near-field Raman enhancement has been experimentally demonstrated [5][6][7][8][9]. Here, we show the chemical specificity of this near-field technique and demonstrate an unprecedented spatial resolution.Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been the focus of intense interest due to a large variety of potential nanotechnological applications. The unique properties of SWNTs arise from their particular onedimensional structure which is directly linked to the characteristic Raman bands. Raman scattering on SWNTs has been studied intensively in the literature (see, e.g., Refs. [10 -13]) and Raman enhancements of up to 10 12 have been reported for tubes in contact with fractal silver colloidal clusters [14]. In this Letter, nearfield Raman imaging of SWNTs is demonstrated using a sharp silver tip as a probe. We show, for the first time, that single isolated SWNTs can be detected optically with a spatial resolution better than 30 nm. This high-resolution capability is ap...

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“…The most effective structures employed in early SERS studies were colloidal gold or silver particles [12][13][14], which provide dramatic enhancement factors in correspondence to randomly distributed hot spots. For many applications this approach appears insufficient: to fully unfold the potential of modern nano-optics technology, it is desirable to fabricate tailored devices that locally manipulate the optical field in correspondence to a specific target region of the sample.…”

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Tailored nanoantennas for directional Raman studies of individual carbon nanotubes

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We exploit the near field enhancement of nanoantennas to investigate the Raman spectra of otherwise not optically detectable carbon nanotubes (CNTs). We demonstrate that a top-down fabrication approach is particularly promising when applied to CNTs, owing to the sharp dependence of the scattered intensity on the angle between incident light polarization and CNT axis. In contrast to tip enhancement techniques, our method enables us to control the light polarization in the sample plane, locally amplifying and rotating the incident field and hence optimizing the Raman signal. Such promising features are confirmed by numerical simulations presented here. The relative ease of fabrication and alignment makes this technique suitable for the realization of integrated devices that combine scanning probe, optical, and transport characterization.

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“…The Raman spectra of SWNT are now well understood to be resonance-enhanced via van Hove singularities induced by their one-dimensional electronic states. Conventional SERS results for SWNT have been reported on random silver particles [6][7][8][9], but interactions with a periodic metallic surface in SERS experiments are unknown, and especially when they are coupled with resonantly enhanced Raman scattering from van Hove singularities in the electronic density-of-states. …”

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Characterization of Nano-Scale Composites at THz and IR Spectral Region

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Surface-Enhanced and Normal Stokes and Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Cited by 208 publications

References 15 publications

High-Resolution Near-Field Raman Microscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

High-Resolution Near-Field Raman Microscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Tailored nanoantennas for directional Raman studies of individual carbon nanotubes

Characterization of Nano-Scale Composites at THz and IR Spectral Region

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