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Watching Orientational Ordering at the Nanoscale with Coherent Anti‐Stokes Raman Microscopy
Author(s) -
Parekh Sapun H.,
Domke Katrin F.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201301394
Subject(s) - raman scattering , nanoscopic scale , raman spectroscopy , characterization (materials science) , microscopy , nanotechnology , materials science , coherent anti stokes raman spectroscopy , atomic force microscopy , chemical physics , optics , chemistry , physics
Whether in lipid membranes, liquid crystals or solid‐state catalysts, the orientational ordering of molecules greatly influences the overall system behaviour. However, watching molecular alignment is a huge technical challenge. This article introduces nonlinear Raman (coherent anti‐Stokes Raman scattering; CARS) microscopy as a promising tool for fast, label‐free 3D chemical and structural sample characterization at the nanoscale in real time.