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Title: Synchrotron infrared nano-spectroscopy and -imaging

Abstract

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy has evolved into a powerful analytical technique to probe molecular and lattice vibrations, low-energy electronic excitations and correlations, and related collective surface plasmon, phonon, or other polaritonic resonances. In combination with scanning probe microscopy, near-field infrared nano-spectroscopy and -imaging techniques have recently emerged as a frontier in imaging science, enabling the study of complex heterogeneous materials with simultaneous nanoscale spatial resolution and chemical and quantum state spectroscopic specificity. Here, we describe synchrotron infrared nano-spectroscopy (SINS), which takes advantage of the low-noise, broadband, high spectral irradiance, and coherence of synchrotron infrared radiation for near-field infrared measurements across the mid- to far-infrared with nanometer spatial resolution. This powerful combination provides a qualitatively new form of broadband spatio-spectral analysis of nanoscale, mesoscale, and surface phenomena that were previously difficult to study with IR techniques, or even any form of micro-spectroscopy in general. We review the development of SINS, describe its technical implementations, and highlight selected examples representative of the rapidly growing range of applications in physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, geology, and atmospheric and space sciences.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [2]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
  2. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1775406
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1643218
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Surface Science Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 75; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0167-5729
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Synchrotron; Infrared; Nanospectroscopy; Near-field; s-SNOM; FTIR

Citation Formats

Bechtel, Hans A., Johnson, Samuel C., Khatib, Omar, Muller, Eric A., and Raschke, Markus B. Synchrotron infrared nano-spectroscopy and -imaging. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.surfrep.2020.100493.
Bechtel, Hans A., Johnson, Samuel C., Khatib, Omar, Muller, Eric A., & Raschke, Markus B. Synchrotron infrared nano-spectroscopy and -imaging. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfrep.2020.100493
Bechtel, Hans A., Johnson, Samuel C., Khatib, Omar, Muller, Eric A., and Raschke, Markus B. Fri . "Synchrotron infrared nano-spectroscopy and -imaging". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfrep.2020.100493. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1775406.
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abstractNote = {Infrared (IR) spectroscopy has evolved into a powerful analytical technique to probe molecular and lattice vibrations, low-energy electronic excitations and correlations, and related collective surface plasmon, phonon, or other polaritonic resonances. In combination with scanning probe microscopy, near-field infrared nano-spectroscopy and -imaging techniques have recently emerged as a frontier in imaging science, enabling the study of complex heterogeneous materials with simultaneous nanoscale spatial resolution and chemical and quantum state spectroscopic specificity. Here, we describe synchrotron infrared nano-spectroscopy (SINS), which takes advantage of the low-noise, broadband, high spectral irradiance, and coherence of synchrotron infrared radiation for near-field infrared measurements across the mid- to far-infrared with nanometer spatial resolution. This powerful combination provides a qualitatively new form of broadband spatio-spectral analysis of nanoscale, mesoscale, and surface phenomena that were previously difficult to study with IR techniques, or even any form of micro-spectroscopy in general. We review the development of SINS, describe its technical implementations, and highlight selected examples representative of the rapidly growing range of applications in physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, geology, and atmospheric and space sciences.},
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year = {Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
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