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ReviewChemical reviews2026

Nanoscale Chemical Analysis of Heterogeneous Catalysts Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy.

Naresh Kumar, Li-Qing Zheng, Andrew J Pollard, Andrew J Wain, Renato Zenobi

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Review in Chemical reviews, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Naresh KumarDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8953-5420
Li-Qing ZhengState Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-7848-6985
Andrew J PollardNational Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6841-2592
Andrew J WainNational Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8666-6158
Renato ZenobiDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5211-4358

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterogeneous catalysts underpin much of the modern chemical industry, yet their rational design for enhanced activity, selectivity, and sustainability remains a formidable challenge due to the intrinsic structural and chemical heterogeneity of catalytic surfaces. Conventional ensemble-averaged characterization techniques often fail to capture the nanoscale complexity that governs catalytic function. Over the past two decades, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) has emerged as a powerful nanoanalytical technique, offering single-molecule sensitivity and spatial resolution down to the Ångström scale. In this Review, we present TERS as a versatile, nondestructive, and label-free approach for probing heterogeneous catalytic reactions with nanometer-scale chemical specificity in air, liquid, and electrochemical environments. We first introduce the fundamental principles and instrumental implementations that underpin reliable TERS measurements. We then provide a comprehensive and critical assessment of reported

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