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Photo induced force microscopy: chemical spectroscopy beyond the diffraction limit

Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2022 16 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 35 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Josh Davies-Jones, Philip R. Davies

Summary

This review examines photo-induced force microscopy as an approach for near-field chemical spectroscopy, synthesizing advances in using electromagnetic radiation to interrogate surface properties at nanometre spatial resolution beyond the optical diffraction limit.

Over the last decade remarkable advances have been made in creating spectroscopic tools to interrogate surface properties using electromagnetic radiation in the near field, achieving lateral resolutions in the nanometre range.

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