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Borondics F. Perspectives for infrared beamlines in fourth-generation synchrotron facilities. J Synchrotron Radiat 2024; 31:430-431. [PMID: 38682275 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577524003813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
Abstract
With several fourth-generation, or diffraction-limited, storage rings and multiple beamlines in operation, the missing range of the spectrum was infrared…until recently.
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- Ferenc Borondics
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, RD128, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin 91190, France
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Santos TM, Lordano S, Mayer RA, Volpe L, Rodrigues GM, Meyer B, Westfahl H, Freitas RO. Synchrotron infrared nanospectroscopy in fourth-generation storage rings. J Synchrotron Radiat 2024; 31:547-556. [PMID: 38630437 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577524002364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Fourth-generation synchrotron storage rings represent a significant milestone in synchrotron technology, offering outstandingly bright and tightly focused X-ray beams for a wide range of scientific applications. However, due to their inherently tight magnetic lattices, these storage rings have posed critical challenges for accessing lower-energy radiation, such as infrared (IR) and THz. Here the first-ever IR beamline to be installed and to operate at a fourth-generation synchrotron storage ring is introduced. This work encompasses several notable advancements, including a thorough examination of the new IR source at Sirius, a detailed description of the radiation extraction scheme, and the successful validation of our optical concept through both measurements and simulations. This optimal optical setup has enabled us to achieve an exceptionally wide frequency range for our nanospectroscopy experiments. Through the utilization of synchrotron IR nanospectroscopy on biological and hard matter samples, the practicality and effectiveness of this beamline has been successfully demonstrated. The advantages of fourth-generation synchrotron IR sources, which can now operate with unparalleled stability as a result of the stringent requirements for producing low-emittance X-rays, are emphasized.
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- Thiago M Santos
- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), 13083-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), 13083-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), 13083-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), 13083-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), 13083-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), 13083-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), 13083-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), 13083-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Roman AM, Cimpoeșu R, Pricop B, Cazacu MM, Zegan G, Istrate B, Cocean A, Chelariu R, Moscu M, Bădărău G, Cimpoeșu N, Ivănescu MC. Investigations on the Degradation Behavior of Processed FeMnSi-xCu Shape Memory Alloys. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2024; 14:330. [PMID: 38392703 PMCID: PMC10893035 DOI: 10.3390/nano14040330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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A new functional Fe-30Mn-5Si-xCu (x = 1.5 and 2 wt%) biomaterial was obtained from the levitation induction melting process and evaluated as a biodegradable material. The degradation characteristics were assessed in vitro using immersion tests in simulated body fluid (SBF) at 37 ± 1 °C, evaluating mass loss, pH variation that occurred in the solution, open circuit potential (OCP), linear and cyclic potentiometry (LP and CP), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and nano-FTIR. To obtain plates as samples, the cast materials were thermo-mechanically processed by hot rolling. Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) was employed to evaluate the thermal properties of the smart material. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to show the nanometric and microstructural changes during the hot rolling process and DMA solicitations. The type of corrosion identified was generalized corrosion, and over the first 3-5 days, an increase in mass was observed, caused by the compounds formed at the metal-solution interface. The formed compounds were identified mainly as oxides that passed into the immersion liquid. The degradation rate (DR) was obtained as a function of mass loss, sample surface area and immersion duration. The dynamic mechanical behavior and dimensions of the sample were evaluated after 14 days of immersion. The nanocompounds found on the surface after atmospheric corrosion and immersion in SBF were investigated with the Neaspec system using the nano-FTIR technique.
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- Ana-Maria Roman
- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 41 Dimitrie Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania; (A.-M.R.); (R.C.); (B.P.); (R.C.); (G.B.)
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 41 Dimitrie Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania; (A.-M.R.); (R.C.); (B.P.); (R.C.); (G.B.)
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 41 Dimitrie Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania; (A.-M.R.); (R.C.); (B.P.); (R.C.); (G.B.)
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- Physics Department, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 59A Dimitrie Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania;
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 University Street, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (M.M.); (M.C.I.)
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 43 Dimitrie Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania;
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- Atmosphere Optics, Spectroscopy and Laser Laboratory (LOASL), Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, 11 Carol I Blvd, 700506 Iasi, Romania;
- Laboratory of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, A Building, Physics, Research Center with Integrated Techniques for Atmospheric Aerosol Investigation in Romania (RECENT AIR), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, 11 Carol I, 700506 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 41 Dimitrie Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania; (A.-M.R.); (R.C.); (B.P.); (R.C.); (G.B.)
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 University Street, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (M.M.); (M.C.I.)
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 41 Dimitrie Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania; (A.-M.R.); (R.C.); (B.P.); (R.C.); (G.B.)
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 41 Dimitrie Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania; (A.-M.R.); (R.C.); (B.P.); (R.C.); (G.B.)
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 University Street, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (M.M.); (M.C.I.)
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Gamage S, Manna S, Zajac M, Hancock S, Wang Q, Singh S, Ghafariasl M, Yao K, Tiwald TE, Park TJ, Landau DP, Wen H, Sankaranarayanan SKS, Darancet P, Ramanathan S, Abate Y. Infrared Nanoimaging of Hydrogenated Perovskite Nickelate Memristive Devices. ACS Nano 2024; 18:2105-2116. [PMID: 38198599 PMCID: PMC10811663 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c09281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Solid-state devices made from correlated oxides, such as perovskite nickelates, are promising for neuromorphic computing by mimicking biological synaptic function. However, comprehending dopant action at the nanoscale poses a formidable challenge to understanding the elementary mechanisms involved. Here, we perform operando infrared nanoimaging of hydrogen-doped correlated perovskite, neodymium nickel oxide (H-NdNiO3, H-NNO), devices and reveal how an applied field perturbs dopant distribution at the nanoscale. This perturbation leads to stripe phases of varying conductivity perpendicular to the applied field, which define the macroscale electrical characteristics of the devices. Hyperspectral nano-FTIR imaging in conjunction with density functional theory calculations unveils a real-space map of multiple vibrational states of H-NNO associated with OH stretching modes and their dependence on the dopant concentration. Moreover, the localization of excess charges induces an out-of-plane lattice expansion in NNO which was confirmed by in situ X-ray diffraction and creates a strain that acts as a barrier against further diffusion. Our results and the techniques presented here hold great potential for the rapidly growing field of memristors and neuromorphic devices wherein nanoscale ion motion is fundamentally responsible for function.
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- Sampath Gamage
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for
Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department
of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Advanced
Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Center
for
Simulational Physics and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- School
of
Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- School
of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University
of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- J.A. Woollam
Co., Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska 68508, United States
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- School
of
Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Center
for
Simulational Physics and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Advanced
Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
- Materials
Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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R. S. Sankaranarayanan
- Center for
Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department
of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Center for
Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
- Northwestern
Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- School
of
Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Department
of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Yoon I, Larson JM, Kostecki R. The Effect of the SEI Layer Mechanical Deformation on the Passivity of a Si Anode in Organic Carbonate Electrolytes. ACS Nano 2023; 17:6943-6954. [PMID: 36972420 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c00724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) on a Si negative electrode in carbonate-based organic electrolytes shows intrinsically poor passivating behavior, giving rise to unsatisfactory calendar life of Li-ion batteries. Moreover, mechanical strains induced in the SEI due to large volume changes of Si during charge-discharge cycling could contribute to its mechanical instability and poor passivating behavior. This study elucidates the influence that static mechanical deformation of the SEI has on the rate of unwanted parasitic reactions at the Si/electrolyte interface as a function of electrode potential. The experimental approach involves the utilization of Si thin-film electrodes on substrates with disparate elastic moduli, which either permit or suppress the SEI deformation in response to Si volume changes upon charging-discharging. We find that static mechanical stretching and deformation of the SEI results in an increased parasitic electrolyte reduction current on Si. Furthermore, attenuated total reflection and near-field Fourier-transform infrared nanospectroscopy reveal that the static mechanical stretching and deformation of the SEI fosters a selective transport of linear carbonate solvent through, and nanoconfinement within, the SEI. These, in turn, promote selective solvent reduction and continuous electrolyte decomposition on Si electrodes, reducing the calendar life of Si anode-based Li-ion batteries. Finally, possible correlations between the structure and chemical composition of the SEI layer and its mechanical and chemical resilience under prolonged mechanical deformation are discussed in detail.
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- Insun Yoon
- Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 United States
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- Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 United States
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- Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 United States
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Zhao X, Li D, Lu YH, Rad B, Yan C, Bechtel HA, Ashby PD, Salmeron MB. In vitro investigation of protein assembly by combined microscopy and infrared spectroscopy at the nanometer scale. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2200019119. [PMID: 35914130 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2200019119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The nanoscale structure and dynamics of proteins on surfaces has been extensively studied using various imaging techniques, such as transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM) in liquid environments. These powerful imaging techniques, however, can potentially damage or perturb delicate biological material and do not provide chemical information, which prevents a fundamental understanding of the dynamic processes underlying their evolution under physiological conditions. Here, we use a platform developed in our laboratory that enables acquisition of infrared (IR) spectroscopy and AFM images of biological material in physiological liquids with nanometer resolution in a cell closed by atomically thin graphene membranes transparent to IR photons. In this work, we studied the self-assembly process of S-layer proteins at the graphene-aqueous solution interface. The graphene acts also as the membrane separating the solution containing the proteins and Ca2+ ions from the AFM tip, thus eliminating sample damage and contamination effects. The formation of S-layer protein lattices and their structural evolution was monitored by AFM and by recording the amide I and II IR absorption bands, which reveal the noncovalent interaction between proteins and their response to the environment, including ionic strength and solvation. Our measurement platform opens unique opportunities to study biological material and soft materials in general.
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Chang T, Babu RP, Zhao W, Johnson CM, Hedström P, Odnevall I, Leygraf C. High-Resolution Microscopical Studies of Contact Killing Mechanisms on Copper-Based Surfaces. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:49402-49413. [PMID: 34618446 PMCID: PMC8532116 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c11236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The mechanisms of bacterial contact killing induced by Cu surfaces were explored through high-resolution studies based on combinations of the focused ion beam (FIB), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), high-resolution TEM, and nanoscale Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (nano-FTIR) microscopy of individual bacterial cells of Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis in direct contact with Cu metal and Cu5Zn5Al1Sn surfaces after high-touch corrosion conditions. This approach permitted subcellular information to be extracted from the bioinorganic interface between a single bacterium and Cu/Cu5Zn5Al1Sn surfaces after complete contact killing. Early stages of interaction between individual bacteria and the metal/alloy surfaces include cell leakage of extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) from the bacterium and changes in the metal/alloy surface composition upon adherence of bacteria. Three key observations responsible for Cu-induced contact killing include cell membrane damage, formation of nanosized copper-containing particles within the bacteria cell, and intracellular copper redox reactions. Direct evidence of cell membrane damage was observed upon contact with both Cu metal and Cu5Zn5Al1Sn surfaces. Cell membrane damage permits copper to enter into the cell interior through two possible routes, as small fragmentized Cu2O particles from the corrosion product layer and/or as released copper ions. This results in the presence of intracellular copper oxide nanoparticles inside the cell. The nanosized particles consist primarily of CuO with smaller amounts of Cu2O. The existence of two oxidation states of copper suggests that intracellular redox reactions play an important role. The nanoparticle formation can be regarded as a detoxification process of copper, which immobilizes copper ions via transformation processes within the bacteria into poorly soluble or even insoluble nanosized Cu structures. Similarly, the formation of primarily Cu(II) oxide nanoparticles could be a possible way for the bacteria to deactivate the toxic effects induced by copper ions via conversion of Cu(I) to Cu(II).
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- Tingru Chang
- Department
of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- AIMES—Center
for the Advancement of Integrated Medical and Engineering Sciences
at Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department
of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- AIMES—Center
for the Advancement of Integrated Medical and Engineering Sciences
at Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department
of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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Piccirilli F, Tardani F, D’Arco A, Birarda G, Vaccari L, Sennato S, Casciardi S, Lupi S. Infrared Nanospectroscopy Reveals DNA Structural Modifications upon Immobilization onto Clay Nanotubes. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2021; 11:1103. [PMID: 33923331 PMCID: PMC8147086 DOI: 10.3390/nano11051103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
The growing demand for innovative means in biomedical, therapeutic and diagnostic sciences has led to the development of nanomedicine. In this context, naturally occurring tubular nanostructures composed of rolled sheets of alumino-silicates, known as halloysite nanotubes, have found wide application. Halloysite nanotubes indeed have surface properties that favor the selective loading of biomolecules. Here, we present the first, to our knowledge, structural study of DNA-decorated halloysite nanotubes, carried out with nanometric spatially-resolved infrared spectroscopy. Single nanotube absorption measurements indicate a partial covering of halloysite by DNA molecules, which show significant structural modifications taking place upon loading. The present study highlights the constraints for the use of nanostructured clays as DNA carriers and demonstrates the power of super-resolved infrared spectroscopy as an effective and versatile tool for the evaluation of immobilization processes in the context of drug delivery and gene transfer.
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- Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC)-CNR, UOS Roma Sapienza, 00185 Roma, Italy; (F.T.); (S.S.)
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, “La Sapienza” Universitá di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy;
- National Institute of Nuclear Physics Section Rome, P.le A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, 34149 Trieste, Italy; (G.B.); (L.V.)
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- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, 34149 Trieste, Italy; (G.B.); (L.V.)
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- Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC)-CNR, UOS Roma Sapienza, 00185 Roma, Italy; (F.T.); (S.S.)
- Dipartimento di Fisica, “La Sapienza” Universitá di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Medicina, Epidemiologia, Igiene del Lavoro e Ambientale, Istituto Nazionale per l’Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro, 00100 Roma, Italy;
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali CNR, 34149 Trieste, Italy;
- Dipartimento di Fisica, “La Sapienza” Universitá di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy;
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Virmani D, Bylinkin A, Dolado I, Janzen E, Edgar JH, Hillenbrand R. Amplitude- and Phase-Resolved Infrared Nanoimaging and Nanospectroscopy of Polaritons in a Liquid Environment. Nano Lett 2021; 21:1360-1367. [PMID: 33511844 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Polaritons allow for strong light-matter coupling and for highly sensitive analysis of (bio)chemical substances and processes. Nanoimaging of the polaritons' evanescent fields is critically important for experimental mode identification and field confinement studies. Here we describe two setups for polariton nanoimaging and spectroscopy in liquid. We first demonstrate the mapping of localized plasmon polaritons in metal antennas with a transflection infrared scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope (s-SNOM), where the tip acts as a near-field scattering probe. We then demonstrate a total internal reflection (TIR)-based setup, where the tip is both launching and probing ultraconfined polaritons in van der Waals materials (here phonon polaritons in hexagonal boron nitride flakes), laying the foundation for s-SNOM-based polariton interferometry in liquid. Our results promise manifold applications, for example, in situ studies of strong coupling between polaritons and molecular vibrations or chemical reactions at the bare or functionalized surfaces of polaritonic materials.
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- Divya Virmani
- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Tolosa Hiribidea 76, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Tolosa Hiribidea 76, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Tolosa Hiribidea 76, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Kansas State University, Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering, Durland Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Kansas State University, Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering, Durland Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA and Department of Electricity and Electronics, UPV/EHU, Tolosa Hiribidea 76, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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Lu YH, Morales C, Zhao X, van Spronsen MA, Baskin A, Prendergast D, Yang P, Bechtel HA, Barnard ES, Ogletree DF, Altoe V, Soriano L, Schwartzberg AM, Salmeron M. Ultrathin Free-Standing Oxide Membranes for Electron and Photon Spectroscopy Studies of Solid-Gas and Solid-Liquid Interfaces. Nano Lett 2020; 20:6364-6371. [PMID: 32786946 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Free-standing ultrathin (∼2 nm) films of several oxides (Al2O3,TiO2, and others) have been developed, which are mechanically robust and transparent to electrons with Ekin ≥ 200 eV and to photons. We demonstrate their applicability in environmental X-ray photoelectron and infrared spectroscopy for molecular level studies of solid-gas (≥1 bar) and solid-liquid interfaces. These films act as membranes closing a reaction cell and as substrates and electrodes for electrochemical reactions. The remarkable properties of such ultrathin oxides membranes enable atomic/molecular level studies of interfacial phenomena, such as corrosion, catalysis, electrochemical reactions, energy storage, geochemistry, and biology, in a broad range of environmental conditions.
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- Yi-Hsien Lu
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Departamento de Física Aplicada and Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales Nicolás Cabrera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada and Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales Nicolás Cabrera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Introduction: Various pharmaceutical preparations are widely used for clinical treatment. Elucidation of the mechanisms of drug release and evaluation of drug efficacy in biological samples are important in drug design and drug quality control.Areas covered: This review classifies recent applications of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy in the field of medicine to comprehend drug release and diffusion. Drug release is affected by many factors of preparations, such as drug delivery system and microstructure polymorphism. The applications of FTIR imaging and nano-FTIR technique in biological samples lay a foundation for studying drug mechanism in vivo.Expert opinion: FTIR spectroscopy meets the research needs on preparations to understand the processes and mechanisms underlying drug release. The combination of attenuated total reflectance-FTIR imaging and nano-FTIR accompanied by chemometrics is a potent tool to overcome the deficiency of conventional infrared detection. FTIR shows an enormous potential in drug characterization, drug quality control, and bio-sample detection.
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- Yijie Song
- Experiment Center for Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Pharmaceutics Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Center for Pharmaceutics Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Experiment Center for Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Yang J, Mayyas M, Tang J, Ghasemian MB, Yang H, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Ou Q, Li LH, Bao Q, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Boundary-Induced Auxiliary Features in Scattering-Type Near-Field Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. ACS Nano 2020; 14:1123-1132. [PMID: 31854973 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Phonon-polaritons (PhPs) in layered crystals, including hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), have been investigated by combined scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Nevertheless, many of such s-SNOM-based FTIR spectra features remain unexplored, especially those originated from the impact of boundaries. Here we observe real-space PhP propagations in thin-layer hBN sheets either supported or suspended by s-SNOM imaging. Then with a high-power broadband IR laser source, we identify two major peaks and multiple auxiliary peaks in the near-field amplitude spectra, obtained using scattering-type near-field FTIR spectroscopy, from both supported and suspended hBN. The major PhP propagation interference peak moves toward the major in-plane phonon peak when the IR illumination moves away from the hBN edge. Specific differences between the auxiliary peaks in the near-field amplitude spectra from supported and suspended hBN sheets are investigated regarding different boundary conditions, associated with edges and substrate interfaces. The outcomes may be explored in heterostructures for advanced nanophotonic applications.
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- Jiong Yang
- School of Chemical Engineering , University of New South Wales (UNSW) , Sydney Campus, NSW 2052 Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering , University of New South Wales (UNSW) , Sydney Campus, NSW 2052 Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering , University of New South Wales (UNSW) , Sydney Campus, NSW 2052 Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering , University of New South Wales (UNSW) , Sydney Campus, NSW 2052 Australia
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- Bruker Nano , 112 Robin Hill Road , Santa Barbara , California 93117 United States
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- National Institute for Materials Science , Namiki 1-1 , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-0044 , Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science , Namiki 1-1 , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-0044 , Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET) , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials , Deakin University , Waurn Ponds , Victoria 3216 Australia
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET) , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering , University of New South Wales (UNSW) , Sydney Campus, NSW 2052 Australia
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Autore M, Mester L, Goikoetxea M, Hillenbrand R. Substrate Matters: Surface-Polariton Enhanced Infrared Nanospectroscopy of Molecular Vibrations. Nano Lett 2019; 19:8066-8073. [PMID: 31574225 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Infrared nanospectroscopy based on Fourier transform infrared near-field spectroscopy (nano-FTIR) is an emerging nanoanalytical tool with large application potential for label-free mapping and identification of organic and inorganic materials with nanoscale spatial resolution. However, the detection of thin molecular layers and nanostructures on standard substrates is still challenged by weak signals. Here, we demonstrate a significant enhancement of nano-FTIR signals of a thin organic layer by exploiting polariton-resonant tip-substrate coupling and surface polariton illumination of the probing tip. When the molecular vibration matches the tip-substrate resonance, we achieve up to nearly one order of magnitude signal enhancement on a phonon-polaritonic quartz (c-SiO2) substrate, as compared to nano-FTIR spectra obtained on metal (Au) substrates, and up to two orders of magnitude when compared to the standard infrared spectroscopy substrate CaF2. Our results will be of critical importance for boosting nano-FTIR spectroscopy toward the routine detection of monolayers and single molecules.
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- Marta Autore
- CIC nanoGUNE , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
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- CIC nanoGUNE , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
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- CIC nanoGUNE , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
- IKERBASQUE , Basque Foundation for Science , 48013 Bilbao , Spain
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Lu YH, Larson JM, Baskin A, Zhao X, Ashby PD, Prendergast D, Bechtel HA, Kostecki R, Salmeron M. Infrared Nanospectroscopy at the Graphene-Electrolyte Interface. Nano Lett 2019; 19:5388-5393. [PMID: 31306028 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We present a new methodology that enables studies of the molecular structure of graphene-liquid interfaces with nanoscale spatial resolution. It is based on Fourier transform infrared nanospectroscopy (nano-FTIR), where the infrared (IR) field is plasmonically enhanced near the tip apex of an atomic force microscope (AFM). The graphene seals a liquid electrolyte reservoir while acting also as a working electrode. The photon transparency of graphene enables IR spectroscopy studies of its interface with liquids, including water, propylene carbonate, and aqueous ammonium sulfate electrolyte solutions. We illustrate the method by comparing IR spectra obtained by nano-FTIR and attenuated total reflection (which has a detection depth of a few microns) demonstrating that the nano-FTIR method makes it possible to determine changes in speciation and ion concentration in the electric double and diffuse layers as a function of bias.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of California at Berkeley , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Advanced Light Source , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of California at Berkeley , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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Wang CF, Habteyes TG, Luk TS, Klem JF, Brener I, Chen HT, Mitrofanov O. Observation of Intersubband Polaritons in a Single Nanoantenna Using Nano-FTIR Spectroscopy. Nano Lett 2019; 19:4620-4626. [PMID: 31181166 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Strong coupling of an intersubband (ISB) electron transition in quantum wells to a subwavelength plasmonic nanoantenna can give rise to intriguing quantum phenomena, such as ISB polariton condensation, and enable practical devices including low threshold lasers. However, experimental observation of ISB polaritons in an isolated subwavelength system has not yet been reported. Here, we use scanning probe near-field microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to detect formation of ISB polariton states in a single nanoantenna. We excite the nanoantenna by a broadband IR pulse and spectrally analyze evanescent fields on the nanoantenna surface. We observe the distinctive splitting of the nanoantenna resonance peak into two polariton modes and two π-phase steps corresponding to each of the modes. We map ISB polariton dispersion using a set of nanoantennae of different sizes. This nano-FTIR spectroscopy approach opens doors for investigations of ISB polariton physics in the single subwavelength nanoantenna regime.
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- Chih-Feng Wang
- Center for High Technology Materials , University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87106 , United States
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Center for High Technology Materials , University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87106 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87123 , United States
- Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87185 , United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87185 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87123 , United States
- Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87185 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87123 , United States
- Electronic and Electrical Engineering , University College London , London WC1E 7JE , United Kingdom
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Infrared vibrational scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) has emerged as a new frontier in imaging science due to its potential to provide nanoscale spatially resolved chemical spectroscopy for the investigation of molecular, soft-matter, and biological materials. As a phase-sensitive technique able to yield the full complex dielectric function of materials, different interferometric schemes have been developed involving asymmetric interferometry between sample and reference arms. In this work, we take advantage of a greatly simplified symmetric geometry that uses the spatially coherent background scattered light from within the confocal sample volume as a reference field for signal amplification in both self-homodyne and self-heterodyne interferometry. On the basis of a simple model for tip-sample scattering and interferometric detection, we demonstrate the measurement of the vibrational response of molecular materials in good agreement with established values. In addition to a compact design, enhanced signal levels, and a reduced sensitivity to fluctuations and drift, including those from the light source, self-referenced interferometry brings benefits for routine s-SNOM chemical spectroscopy, remaining robust even under a wide range of challenging experimental environments.
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- Benjamin Pollard
- Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, and Joint Institute for Lab Astrophysics (JILA), University of Colorado , Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory , Campinas, 13083-100 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, and Joint Institute for Lab Astrophysics (JILA), University of Colorado , Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory , Campinas, 13083-100 São Paulo, Brazil
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Characterizing and ultimately controlling the heterogeneity underlying biomolecular functions, quantum behavior of complex matter, photonic materials, or catalysis requires large-scale spectroscopic imaging with simultaneous specificity to structure, phase, and chemical composition at nanometer spatial resolution. However, as with any ultrahigh spatial resolution microscopy technique, the associated demand for an increase in both spatial and spectral bandwidth often leads to a decrease in desired sensitivity. We overcome this limitation in infrared vibrational scattering-scanning probe near-field optical microscopy using synchrotron midinfrared radiation. Tip-enhanced localized light-matter interaction is induced by low-noise, broadband, and spatially coherent synchrotron light of high spectral irradiance, and the near-field signal is sensitively detected using heterodyne interferometric amplification. We achieve sub-40-nm spatially resolved, molecular, and phonon vibrational spectroscopic imaging, with rapid spectral acquisition, spanning the full midinfrared (700-5,000 cm(-1)) with few cm(-1) spectral resolution. We demonstrate the performance of synchrotron infrared nanospectroscopy on semiconductor, biomineral, and protein nanostructures, providing vibrational chemical imaging with subzeptomole sensitivity.
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Govyadinov AA, Amenabar I, Huth F, Carney PS, Hillenbrand R. Quantitative Measurement of Local Infrared Absorption and Dielectric Function with Tip-Enhanced Near-Field Microscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2013; 4:1526-31. [PMID: 26282309 DOI: 10.1021/jz400453r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) and Fourier transform infrared nanospectroscopy (nano-FTIR) are emerging tools for nanoscale chemical material identification. Here, we push s-SNOM and nano-FTIR one important step further by enabling them to quantitatively measure local dielectric constants and infrared absorption. Our technique is based on an analytical model, which allows for a simple inversion of the near-field scattering problem. It yields the dielectric permittivity and absorption of samples with 2 orders of magnitude improved spatial resolution compared to far-field measurements and is applicable to a large class of samples including polymers and biological matter. We verify the capabilities by determining the local dielectric permittivity of a PMMA film from nano-FTIR measurements, which is in excellent agreement with far-field ellipsometric data. We further obtain local infrared absorption spectra with unprecedented accuracy in peak position and shape, which is the key to quantitative chemometrics on the nanometer scale.
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- †CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- †CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- ‡Neaspec GmbH, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- ¶Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- †CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- §IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
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