Infrared near-field detection of a narrow resonance due to molecular vibrations in a nanoparticle
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Di-iron nonacarbonyl particles on a gold surface have been imaged using an apertureless near-field scanning infrared microscopy. First and second harmonic detection, with and without an auto-homodyning option, have been used to collect the near-field spectrum of a single vibrational mode of the bridging carbonyls in di-iron nonacarbonyl nanocrystalline flakes on a gold surface. The experimental results have been compared to two theoretical models, a static image-dipole effective medium and an image dipole modified by a Fresnel coefficient for the appropriate observation angle. The calculations have taken into account the roughness of the gold film. The phase dependence of the near-field contrast has been investigated using broadband and tunable CO2 lasers. Particle size effects on contrast and spatial resolution have been studied to determine the limits of applicability of the half-space approximation.
- Research Organization:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE - Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- None cited
- OSTI ID:
- 917419
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NETL-IR-2007-245; TRN: US200816%%377
- Journal Information:
- Langmuir, Vol. 23, Issue 5; ISSN 0743-7463
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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