High resolution probing of multi wall carbon nanotubes by Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in gap-mode

Gennaro Picardi (1) , Marc Chaigneau (1) , Razvigor Ossikovski (1)

1 LPICM - Laboratoire de physique des interfaces et des couches minces [Palaiseau]

We present Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS) results with side illumination of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) Au tip on thin multi wall carbon nanotubes deposited on Au(111) with a 75 nm lateral resolution. The spectral features observed in the enhanced near-field regime are discussed considering also the presence of defects in the tube(s) structure and/or trace amounts of amorphous carbon contaminations.

Domains: Theoretical and/or physical chemistry

Gennaro Picardi, Marc Chaigneau, Razvigor Ossikovski. High resolution probing of multi wall carbon nanotubes by Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in gap-mode. Chemical Physics Letters, 2008, 469, pp.161-165. ⟨10.1016/j.cplett.2008.12.088⟩. ⟨hal-00838036⟩