Taka-aki Yano

TL;DR: In this paper, a tip-enhanced near-field Raman microscope has been applied to the detection of an individual single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) without having to resort to staining non-fluorescent molecules of interest.

TL;DR: In this article, an active imaging technique that has the potential to achieve optically a molecular resolution by directly interacting and perturbing the sample molecules is presented. But the technique is limited to a single-walled carbon nanotube and a two-dimensional adenine nanocrystal.

TL;DR: In this paper, Li 10 GeP 2 S 12− x O x ( x ǫ = 0.3 and 0.6) is shown to have high ionic conductivity.

TL;DR: This work demonstrates colour-coded tip-enhanced Raman scattering imaging of strain distribution along the length of a carbon nanotube, providing insight into localized variations of structural properties in nanomaterials, which could prove useful for a variety of applications of carbon Nanotubes and other nanommaterials as functional devices and materials.

TL;DR: A near-field Raman investigation in the subnanometric vicinity of a metallic nanotip, where the tip-sample distance is precisely controlled by the newly developed time-gated illumination technique, shows strong promise for superhigh resolution in optical microscopy based on this technique.