Proposal for the development of capability for Scanning-Probe Infrared-Spectroscopic Imaging with Nanometer Spatial Resolution
EMSL Project ID
36406
Abstract
The development of experimental capabilities that combine high spatial resolution microscopy with optical spectroscopy for measurements under realistic and ambient environmental conditions has been identified as a cross cutting need in several EMSL science themes. The goal of this partner proposal is to develop an instrument for infrared-vibrational scattering-type scanning near-field microscopy (s-SNOM) for spectroscopic nanoimaging and chemical nano-analysis with ultrahigh spatial resolution down to 10 nm, vibrational spectral information in the 700 to 500 cm^-1 range, sensitivity down to the molecular level, and applicability under ambient and variable temperature and environmental conditions. The system allows for the investigation of chemical and structural properties, phase behavior and phase transitions, and correlations on the nanoscale of, e.g., polymers, molecular nanocomposites, correlated electron materials, or nanocrystalline semiconductor heterostructures.
Project Details
Project type
Scientific Partner
Start Date
2009-09-24
End Date
2013-12-31
Status
Closed
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