Principles of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
and Related Plasmonic Effects

Eric Le Ru (Author), Pablo Etchegoin (Author)

9780444527790, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 17 November 2008

688 pages
24 x 16.5 x 3.6 cm, 1.4 kg

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.

1 A quick overview of SERS2 Raman spectroscopy and related techniques3 Introduction to plasmons and plasmonics4 SERS enhancement factors5 Calculations of EM enhancements6 EM enhancements and plasmon resonances7 Metallic colloids and other SERS substrates8 Recent developmentsA Raman DFT calculationsB The bond-polarizability modelC Maxwell’s equations in mediaD Lorentz model of the polarizabilityE Dielectric function of gold and silverF Plane waves and planar interfacesG Ellipsoids in the electrostatic approximationH Mie theory and its implementation

Subject Areas: Laser technology & holography [TTBL], Physical chemistry [PNR], Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry [PNFS], Analytical chemistry [PNF], Biophysics [PHVN]