The optical and spectroscopic properties of nanoparticles are of interest for a wide variety of methodic and technical fields of applications. The investigation of nanoparticles requires convincing characterization methods with high spatial resolution. The surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is a sensitive tool for characterizing the chemical structure of metal nanoparticles like gold, silver, or copper. If combined with local confocal microscopy it becomes a method for delivering optical and geometrical information of nanosize metallic structures. This method is called confocal surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) microscopy. The fundamentals and significance of confocal SERS microscopy are described based on literature data and recent results of own studies.
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Dietz, H., Sandmann, G., Anders, A., & Plieth, W. (2012). Confocal surface-enhanced Raman microscopy at the surface of noble metals. In Raman Spectroscopy for Nanomaterials Characterization (Vol. 9783642206207, pp. 167–190). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20620-7_8
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