Principles of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

and Related Plasmonic Effects

Eric Le Ru, Pablo Etchegoin

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9780444527790
• eBook ISBN: 9780080931555
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Physical & Theoretical Chemistry

SERS was discovered in the 1970s and has since grown enormously in breadth, depth, and understanding. One of the major characteristics of SERS 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 textbook that will summarize the principles needed for SERS of these rather dissimilar and disconnected topics. Although a basic understanding of these topics is necessary for research projects in SERS with all its many aspects and applications, they are seldom touched upon as a coherent unit during most undergraduate studies in physics or chemistry. This book intends to fill this existing gap in the literature. It provides an overview of the underlying principles of SERS, from the fundamental understanding of the effect to its potential applications. It is aimed primarily at newcomers to the field, graduate students, researchers or scientists, attracted by the many applications of SERS and plasmonics or its basic science. The emphasis is on concepts and background material for SERS, such as Raman spectroscopy, the physics of plasmons, or colloid science, all of them introduced within the context of SERS, and from where the more specialized literature can be followed.- Represents one of very few books fully dedicated to the topic of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)- Gives a comprehensive summary of the underlying physical concepts around SERS- Provides a detailed analysis of plasmons and plasmonics

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface
• Notations, units and other conventions
• Chapter 1. A quick overview of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
• Chapter 2. Raman spectroscopy and related optical techniques
• Chapter 3. Introduction to plasmons and plasmonics
• Chapter 4. SERS enhancement factors and related topics
• Chapter 5. Calculations of electromagnetic enhancements
• Chapter 6. EM enhancements and plasmon resonances: examples and discussion
• Chapter 7. Metallic colloids and other SERS substrates
• Chapter 8. Recent developments
• Appendix A. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations for Raman spectroscopy
• Appendix B. The bond-polarizability model
• Appendix C. A brief overview of Maxwell’s equations in media
• Appendix D. Lorentz model of the atomic/molecular polarizability
• Appendix E. Dielectric function of gold and silver
• Appendix F. Plane waves and planar interfaces
• Appendix G. Ellipsoids in the electrostatic approximation
• Appendix H. Mie theory and its implementation
• References
• Subject Index