%0 Journal Article %T Controllable Fabrication of Au-Coated AFM Probes via a Wet-Chemistry Procedure %A Bo Liu %A Dong Chen %A Huiling Zhao %A Lizhen Gao %A Tianfeng Li %A Yinli Li %J Archive of "Nanoscale Research Letters". %D 2018 %R 10.1186/s11671-018-2789-6 %X a Illustration of the wet-chemical procedure for preparing an AFM-based tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (AFM-TERS) probe. b A commercial Si AFM probe with the apex size <£¿15 nm. c Silanized probe with the apex diameter of ~£¿20 nm. d Au@AFM probe after a 5 min immersion and apex diameter of 25 nm. e Energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) of the probe in %K Tip-enhanced Raman spectrum %K Wet-chemistry procedure %K AFM-TERS %K Strong enhancement effect %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6242804/