Principles of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) was discovered in breadth, depth, and understanding. One of the major characteristics of SES is its interdisciplinary nature: it lies at the boundary between physics, chemistry, colloid science, plasmonics, nanotechnology, and biology. By their very nature, it is impossible to find a text for those who are dissatisfied and disconnected. Although they are seldom touched upon as a coherent unit in undergraduate studies in physics or chemistry. This book intends to fill this gap in the literature. It provides an overview of the potential applications. It is aimed primarily at newcomers to the field, graduate student, researcher or scientist, sciences and plasmonics or its basic science. For the SERS, such as Raman, spectroscopy, the physics of plasmons, or in the context of SERS.

* Ramen spectroscopy (SERS)
* SERS. Gives a comprehensive summary of the underlying physical concepts
* Provides a detailed analysis of plasmons and plasmonics


1 A quick overview of SERS
2 Raman spectroscopy and related techniques
3 Introduction to plasmons and plasmonics
4 SERS enhancement factors
5 Calculations of EM enhancements
6 EM enhancements and plasmon resonances
7 Metallic colloids and other SERS substrates
8 Recent developments
A Raman DFT calculations
B The bond-polarizability model
C Maxwell's equations in media
D Lorentz model of the polarizability
E Dielectric function of gold and silver
F Plane waves and planar interfaces
G Ellipsoids in the electrostatic approximation
H Mie theory and its implementation