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Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) - iaria

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<strong>SERS</strong> definitions<br />

• <strong>SERS</strong> is a phenomenon associated with the<br />

enhancement of the electromagnetic field surrounding<br />

small objects optically excited near an intense and sharp<br />

plasmon resonance. The enhanced fields excite the<br />

adsorbate (probe) and the scattered radiation will again<br />

be enhanced.<br />

• <strong>Surface</strong>-enhanced <strong>Raman</strong> scattering (<strong>SERS</strong>) consists in<br />

using the large local field enhancements that can exist at<br />

metallic surfaces (under the right conditions, typically by<br />

profiting from localized surface plasmon resonances) to<br />

boost the <strong>Raman</strong> scattering signal of molecules at (or<br />

close to) the surface.<br />

E.C. Le Ru and P. G. Etchegoin, Principles of <strong>Surface</strong>-<strong>Enhanced</strong> <strong>Raman</strong> Spectroscopy and related plasmonic eects, Elsevier , 2009<br />

August 19, 2012 ICQNM 2012 Rome, Italy 18

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