Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS)
have opened a variety of exciting research fields. However, although a vast number of …

Molecular junctions are building blocks for constructing future nanoelectronic devices that
enable the investigation of a broad range of electronic transport properties within nanoscale …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) provides detailed information about the
binding of molecules at interfaces and their interactions with the local environment due to …

Light–matter interaction drives many systems, such as optoelectronic devices like light-
emitting diodes and solar cells, biological structures like photosystem II and potential future …

Ways to characterize and control excited states at the single-molecule and atomic levels are
needed to exploit excitation-triggered energy-conversion processes. Here, we present a …

Plasmonic nanocavities are able to engineer and confine electromagnetic fields to
subwavelength volumes. In the past decade, they have enabled a large set of applications …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has evolved significantly over fifty years
into a powerful analytical technique. This review aims to achieve five main goals.(1) …

Given its central role in utilizing light energy, photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from an
excited molecule has been widely studied,,,,–. However, even though microscopic …

Despite intensive research in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), the influence
mechanism of chemical effects on Raman signals remains elusive. Here, we investigate …

As the" fingerprint" spectrum of substances, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
has extremely high sensitivity. It can detect the molecular traits on the metal surface and …