Infrared and Raman Chemical Imaging and Spectroscopy at the Nanoscale

Atomic Force Microscopy Infrared (AFM-IR) and Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS) are emerging analytical techniques that have single-molecule sensitivity and sub-nanometer spatial resolution. These unique capabilities make both AFM-IR and TERS broadly used for nanoscale structural characterization of 1) biological specimens, 2) polymers and novel materials, 3) catalytic reactions, and 4) molecule-substrate interactions. The symposium will have speakers that lead both AFM-IR and TERS. These experts will talk about the most recent findings made in their groups. These findings will be interesting to a large number of researchers that work in the field of plasmonics, Infrared and Raman spectroscopy, biology, catalysis, polymer science and analytical chemistry. The list of tentatively agreed speakers is below: Organizer – Dmitry Kurouski Volker Deckert, IPHT, Jena, Germany. Expert in TERS and biological TERS imaging Renato Zenobi, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Expert in TERS and plasmonic catalysis Zachary Schultz, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, Expert in TERS/SERS and biological imaging Andrea Centrone, NIST, USA. Expert in AFM-IR. Francesco Simone Ruggeri, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands. Expert in AFM-IR and biological AFM-IR imaging Dmitry Kourouski, TAMU, College Station, USA, Expert in TERS/AFM-IR and biological TERS/AFM-IR imaging