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1. Tip-enhanced spectroscopy at the nanoscale : its practical issues and solutions / Norihiko Hayazawa and Taka-aki Yano -- 2. Micro- and nanoscale structures/systems and their applications in certain directions : a brief review / P.K. Choudhury, Krishna Kanti Dey, and Saurabh Basu -- 3. Dielectric spectroscopy of polymer-based nanocomposite dielectrics with tailored interfaces and structured spatial distribution of fillers / G. Polizos, E. Tuncer, V. Tomer, I. Sauers, C.A. Randall, and E. Manias -- 4. Nanoscale spectroscopy with applications to chemistry / Ufana Riaz and S.M. Ashraf -- 5. Localized surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy with applications to chemistry / Wen-Gang Qu and An-Wu Xu -- 6. Nanostructure evaluation of ionic liquid aggregates by spectroscopy / Clarissa P. Frizzo, Aniele Z. Tier, Izabelle M. Gindri, Lilian Buriol, Marcos A. Villetti, Nilo Zanatta, and Marcos A.P. Martins -- 7. Controlling reversible self-assembly path of amyloid beta peptide over gold colloidal nanoparticles' surfaces / Kazushige Yokoyama -- 8. Nanoscale spectroscopy in the infrared with applications to biology / Eamonn Kennedy, Edward Yoxall, and James Rice -- 9. Spectral self-interference fluorescence microscopy to study conformation of biomolecules with nanometer accuracy / Xirui Zhang, Philipp S. Spuhler, David S. Freedman, and M. Selim �Unl�u -- 10. fMRI and nanotechnology / Aditi Deshpande and George C. Giakos -- 11. Review of nanoscale spectroscopy in medicine / Chintha C. Handapangoda, Saeid Nahavandi, and Malin Premaratne -- 12. Medical nanoscale spectroscopy : concepts, principles, and applications / Viroj Wiwanitkit -- 13. Nanoscale spectroscopy for defense and national security / Aditi Deshpande, Mohit Agarwal, Suman Shrestha, and George C. Gi

Preface: "Nanotechnology and nanoscience have now emerged as the most important growth areas in the new millennium, and spectroscopy has become the most common and powerful method that uses radiation to obtain information on the structure and properties of matter. Indeed, the physical and chemical properties of materials and their interactions with electromagnetic energy at all wavelengths can be uniquely fingerprinting the spectral signature at nanostructure materials using nanoscale spectroscopy (or nanospectroscopy). Therefore, the challenges posed by nanoscale spectroscopy continue to attract researchers from all around the world and have led to many new discoveries concerning the interaction between light and matter at dimensions much smaller than the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation. Nanoscale spectroscopy and its applications shed light on interdisciplinary research, including engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and aerospace. The study of the interaction between light and matter at the nanometer scale is facilitated by the rapid progress in nanotechnology and nanoscience. Nanoscale spectroscopy is of great benefit to industry as it requires little labor and low cost. This book reports on recent progress and provides an overview of nanoscale spectroscopy and its applications. This book consists of 13 chapters and 3 appendices. Chapter 1 presents tipenhanced spectroscopy at the nanoscale along with its practical issues and solutions. The authors focus on tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS) for imaging and spectroscopy at the nanoscale (lateral dimension: XY)-system configuration, nanoanalysis of carbon nanomaterials, nanoanalysis of biomaterials, nanoanalysis of semiconductors, precise distance"-- Provided by publi

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