ORIGINAL PAPERS:

23) Y. Saito, M. Motohashi, N. Hayazawa, M. Iyoki, and S. Kawata,

"Nanoscale characterization of strained silicon by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscope in reflection mode"

Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, 143109 (2006). PDF

(Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, vol. 13, Issue 15, (2006))

24) N. Hayazawa, Y. Saito, M. Motohashi, M. Iyoki, and S. Kawata,

"Nanoscale characterization of localized strain in crystals by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscope in reflection-mode"

Proceedings of SPIE., vol. 6324, 63240L (2006). PDF

25) Yuika Saito, Kazuhiko Yanagi, Norihiko Hayazawa, Hidekazu Ishitobi, Atsushi Ono, Hiromichi Kataura, and Satoshi Kawata,

" Vibrational Analysis of Organic Molecules Encapsulated in Carbon Nanotubes by Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy "

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 45, pp. 9286-9289 (2006). PDF

26) N. Hayazawa, H. Watanabe, Y. Saito, and S. Kawata,

"Towards atomic site selective sensitivity in tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy"

The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 125, 244706 (2006). PDF

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(Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, vol. 15, Issue 2, (2007))

27) N. Hayazawa, M. Motohashi, Y. Saito, H. Ishitobi, A. Ono, T. Ichimura, P. Verma, and S. Kawata,

" Visualization of localized strain of a crystalline thin layer at the nanoscale by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscope and microscope "(Invited Article)

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, vol. 38, pp. 684-696 (2007). PDF

28) K. Ikeda, Y. Saito, N. Hayazawa, S. Kawata, and K. Uosaki,

"Resonant hyper-Raman scattering from carbon nanotubes"

Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 438, pp. 109-112 (2007). PDF

29) Y. Saito, M. Motohashi, N. Hayazawa, and S. Kawata,

"Stress imaging of semiconductor surface by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy"

Journal of Microscopy, vol. 229, pp. 217-222 (2008). PDF

30) N. Hayazawa, M. Motohashi, Y. Saito, and S. Kawata,

" Characterization of localized strain of crystals in nano-scale by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscope and microscope "

Proceedings of SPIE., vol. 6769, 67690P (2007). PDF

31) T. Yano, T. Ichimura, A. Taguchi, N. Hayazawa, P. Verma, Y. Inouye, and S. Kawata,

"Confinement of enhanced field investigated by tip-sample gap regulation in tapping-mode tip-enhanced Raman microscopy"

Applied Physics Letters, vol. 91, 121101 (2007). PDF

32) N. Hayazawa, H. Ishitobi, A. Taguchi, K. Ikeda, A. Tarun, and S. Kawata,

"Focused Excitation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons for Efficient Field Enhancement Based on Gap-Mode in Tip-Enhanced Spectroscopy"

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 46, pp. 7995-7999 (2007). PDF

33) A. Ono, K. Masui, Y. Saito, T. Sakata, A. Taguchi, M. Motohashi, T. Ichimura, H. Ishitobi, A. Tarun, N. Hayazawa, P. Verma, Y. Inouye, and S. Kawata,

"Active control of the oxidization of a silicon cantilever for the characterization of silicon-based semiconductors"

Chemistry Letters, vol. 37, pp. 122-123 (2008). PDF

34) M. Motohashi, N. Hayazawa, A. Tarun, and S. Kawata,

"Depolarization effect in reflection-mode TERS for Raman active crystals"

Journal of Applied Physics, 103, 034309 (2008). PDF

35) A. Tarun, N. Hayazawa, M. Motohashi, and S. Kawata,

"Highly efficient tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and microscopy of strained silicon in nanoscale"

Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 79, 013706 (2008). PDF

36) Alvarado Tarun, Masashi Motohashi, Norihiko Hayazawa, and Satoshi Kawata,

"Highly efficient tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy in depolarized configuration "

Proceedings of SPIE. Vol. 7033, 70330C (2008).