Finding a needle in a haystack: tip-enhanced Raman scattering for studying carbon nanotubes mixtures
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Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) has emerged as a powerful analytical tool for measuring chemical images with nanometer spatial resolution. In this paper, the application of TERS to study differentiation of SWCNT with 14 nm spatial resolution is demonstrated by the measurement of a mixture of two different types of SWCNT as the model sample. The results demonstrate that TERS is a viable tool for the detection and localisation of different SWCNT and amorphous carbon in mixed SWCNT based on the spectral differences in the radial breathing mode and the D bands.
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