Publications Molecular and Soft-Matter

Molecular and Soft-Matter

Reviews and Highlights Quantum Science Molecular and Soft-matter Ultrafast Nano-optics and Nanophotonics Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Multidimensional nano-imaging of structure, coupling, and disorder in molecular materials

Sven A. Dönges, R. Peyton Cline, Steven E. Zeltmann, Jun Nishida, Bernd Metzger, Andrew M. Minor, Joel D. Eaves, and Markus B. Raschke
Nano Lett. 21, 6463 (2021).
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Heterogeneous cation–lattice interaction and dynamics in triple-cation perovskites revealed by infrared vibrational nanoscopy

Jun Nishida, Amani H. Alfaifi, Thomas P. Gray, Sean E. Shaheen, and Markus B. Raschke
ACS Energy Lett. 5, 1636 (2020).
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Vibrational exciton nanoimaging of phases and domains in porphyrin nanocrystals

Eric A. Muller, Thomas P. Gray, Zhou Zhou, Xinbin Cheng, Omar Khatib, Hans A. Bechtel, and Markus B. Raschke
PNAS 6, 7030 (2020).
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Purcell-enhanced spontaneous emission of molecular vibrations

Bernd Metzger, Eric Muller, Jun Nishida, Benjamin Pollard, Mario Hentschel, and Markus B. Raschke
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 153001 (2019).
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Infrared nanospectroscopic imaging in the rotating frame

Samuel C. Johnson, Eric A. Muller, Omar Khatib, Elisa A. Bonnin, Alexander C. Gagnon, and Markus B. Raschke
Optica 6, 424 (2019).
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Imaging nanoscale heterogeneity in ultrathin biomimetic and biological crystals

Brian T. O’Callahan, Kevin T. Crampton, Irina V. Novikova, Tengyue Jian, Chun-Long Chen, James E. Evans, Markus B. Raschke, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, and A. Scott Lea
J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 24891 (2018).
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Nano-imaging and control of molecular vibrations through electromagnetically induced scattering reaching the strong coupling regime

Eric Anton Muller, Benjamin Pollard, Hans A. Bechtel, Ronen Adato, Dordaneh Etezadi, Hatice Altug, and Markus B. Raschke
ACS Photonics 5, 3594 (2018).
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Photoinduced tip-sample forces for chemical nanoimaging and spectroscopy

Brian T. O’Callahan, Jun Yan, Fabian Menges, Eric A. Muller, and Markus B. Raschke
Nano Lett. 18, 5499 (2018).
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Compressed sensing FTIR nano-spectroscopy and nano-imaging

Bernd Kastner, Franko Schmahling, Andrea Hornemann, Georg Ulrich, Arne Hoehl, Mattias Kruskopf, Klaus Pierz, Markus B. Raschke, Gerd Wabbeler, and Clemens Elster
Optics Express 26, 18115  (2018).
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Far infrared synchrotron near-field nanoimaging and nanospectroscopy

Omar Khatib, Hans A. Bechtel, Michael C. Martin, Markus B. Raschke, and G. Lawrence Carr
ACS Photonics 5, 2773 (2018).
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Near-field enhanced photochemistry of single molecules in a scanning tunneling microscope junction

Hannes Bockmann, Sylwester Gawinkowski, Jacek Waluk, Markus B. Raschke, Martin Wolf, and Takashi Kumagai
Nano Lett. 18, 152 (2018).
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Infrared vibrational nanocrystallography and nanoimaging

Eric A. Muller, Benjamin Pollard, Hans A. Bechtel, Peter van Blerkom, and Markus B. Raschke
Sci. Adv. 2, e1601006 (2016).
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Near-field imaging of cell membranes in liquid enabled by active scanning probe mechanical resonance control

Kyoung-Duck Park, Markus B. Raschke, Min Jung Jang, Jung Hwa Kim, Beom-Hoan O, Se-Geun Park, El-Hang Lee, and Seung Gol Lee
J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 21138 (2016).
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Correlative infrared nanospectroscopic and nanomechanical imaging of block copolymer microdomains

Benjamin Pollard, Markus B. Raschke, and Beilstein J. Nanotechnology 7, 605 (2016).
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Variable-temperature tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of single-molecule fluctuations and dynamics

Kyoung-Duck Park, Eric A. Muller, Vasily Kravtsov, Paul M. Sass, Jens Dreyer, Joanna M. Atkin, and Markus B. Raschke
Nano Lett. 16, 479 (2016).
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Infrared vibrational nano-spectroscopy by self-referenced interferometry

Benjamin Pollard, Francisco C. B. Maia, Markus B. Raschke, and Raul O. Freitas
Nano Lett. 16, 55 (2015).
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Nanoscale probing of dynamics in local molecular environments

JoannaM. Atkin, Paul M. Sass, Paul E. Teichen, Joel D. Eaves, and Markus B. Raschke
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 4616 (2015).
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Infrared chemical nano-imaging: Accessing structure, coupling, and dynamics on molecular length scales

Eric A. Muller, Benjamin Pollard, and Markus B. Raschke
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 1275 (2015).
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Ultrabroadband infrared nanospectroscopic imaging

Hans A. Bechtel, Eric A. Muller, Robert L. Olmon, Michael C. Martin, and Markus B. Raschke
PNAS 111, 7191 (2014).
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Vibrational nano-spectroscopic imaging correlating structure with intermolecular coupling and dynamics

Benjamin Pollard, Eric A. Muller, Karsten Hinrichs, and Markus B. Raschke
Nature Communications 5, 3587 (2014).
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Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy – an interlaboratory reproducibility and comparison study

Carolin Blum, Lothar Opilik, Joanna M. Atkin, Kai Braun, Stefan B. Kämmer, Vasily Kravtsov, Naresh Kumar, Sergey Lemeshko, Jian-Feng Li, Karol Luszcz, Teimour Maleki, Alfred J. Meixner et al.
J. Raman Spectrosc. 45, 22 (2013).
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Nano-chemical infrared imaging of membrane proteins in lipid bilayers

Samuel Berweger, Duc M. Nguyen, Eric A. Muller, Hans A. Bechtel, Thomas T. Perkins, and Markus B. Raschke
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 18292 (2013).
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Infrared near-field spectroscopy of trace explosives using an external cavity quantum cascade laser

Ian M. Craig, Matthew S. Taubman, A. Scott Lea, Mark C. Phillips, Erik E. Josberger, and Markus B. Raschke
Optics Express 21, 30401 (2013).
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Near-field infrared vibrational dynamics and tip-enhanced decoherence

Xiaoji G. Xu and Markus B. Raschke
Nano Lett. 13, 1588 (2013).
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Pushing the sample-size limit of infrared vibrational nanospectroscopy: From monolayer toward single molecule sensitivity

Xiaoji G. Xu, Mathias Rang, Ian M. Craig, and Markus B. Raschke
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 1836 (2012).
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Thermal infrared near-field spectroscopy

Andrew C. Jones and Markus B. Raschke
Nano Lett. 12, 1475 (2012).
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Adiabatic tip-plasmon focusing for nano-Raman spectroscopy

Samuel Berweger, Joanna M. Atkin, Robert L. Olmon, and Markus B. Raschke
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1, 3427 (2010).
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An anchoring strategy for photoswitchable biosensor technology: Azobenzene-modified SAMs on Si(111)

Paul Dietrich , Fabian Michalik , Richard Schmidt , Cornelius Gahl , Guoqiang Mao , Markus Breusing , Markus B. Raschke, Beate Priewisch, Thilo Elsässer, Robert Mendelsohn, Martin Weinelt, and Karola Rück-Braun
Appl. Phys. A 93, 285 (2008).
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Optical antenna properties of scanning probe tips: Plasmonic light scattering, tip-sample coupling, and near-field enhancement

Nicolas Behr and Markus B. Raschke
J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 3766 (2008).
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Tip-enhanced Raman imaging and nanospectroscopy: Sensitivity, symmetry, and selection rules

Catalin C. Neacsu, Samuel Berweger, and Markus B. Raschke
Nanobiotechnology  3, 172 (2007).
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Reply to “Comment on ‘Scanning-probe Raman spectroscopy with single-molecule sensitivity’ “

Catalin C. Neacsu, Jens Dreyer, Nicolas Behr, and Markus B. Raschke
Phys. Rev. B 75, 236402 (2007).
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Scanning probe Raman spectroscopy with single molecule sensitivity

Catalin C. Neacsu, Jens Dreyer, Nicolas Behr, and Markus B. Raschke
Phys. Rev. B 73, 193403 (2006).
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Apertureless near-field vibrational imaging of block-copolymer nanostructures with ultrahigh spatial resolution

Markus B. Raschke, Leopoldo Molina, Thomas Elsaesser, Dong Ha Kim, Wolfgang Knoll, and Karsten Hinrichs
ChemPhysChem 6, 2197 (2005).
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