The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Wiley
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c2013
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xxii, 161 p
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Includes bibliographical references )p.]153[( and index
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Peter Vandenabeele, Ghent University, Belgium
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Machine generated contents note: Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols xv About the Author xvii Introduction to Raman spectroscopy xix 1 Theoretical Aspects 1 1.1 Classical Approach 1 1.2 Selection Rule 7 1.3 Energy Levels and Group Frequencies 31 1.4 Raman Intensity 91 1.5 Raman Bandwidth 53 1.6 The General Appearance of a Raman Spectrum 73 1.7 Summary 83 Intermezzo 1.1 The Harmonic Oscillator and the Position of the Vibrational Energy Levels 6 Intermezzo 1.2 The Anharmonic Oscillator and the Position of Vibrational Energy Levels 11 Intermezzo 1.3 Raman Intensity Annotations 03 2 Interferences and Side-effects 93 2.1 Absorption 04 2.2 Fluorescence 04 2.3 Thermal Effects, Photodecomposition and Laser Ablation 34 2.4 Ambient Light and Background Radiation 44 2.5 Summary 44 3 Enhancement of the Raman Signal 74 3.1 Resonance Raman )RR( Spectroscopy 84 3.2 Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy )SERS( 84 3.2.1 Working Principle of SERS 94 )a( Chemical Enhancement 94 )b( Field Enhancement 15 3.2.2 Preparation of SERS Substrates 35 )a( Colloids 45 )b( Sputtering 55 )c( Electrochemical Production 55 )d( Etching 65 3.2.3 SERS Active Molecules 65 3.2.4 Advantages and Disadvantages of SERS 75 3.3 Summary 95 Intermezzo 3.1 The Analysis of Organic Dyes by SERS 85 4 Raman Instrumentation 16 4.1 Lasers 26 4.1.1 Classification According to Safety Category 46 4.1.2 The Operating Principle of the Laser 56 4.1.3 Lasers for Raman Spectroscopy 17 4.2 Detectors 47 4.2.1 Single-Channel Detectors 57 4.2.2 Multi-Channel Detectors 67 4.2.3 Charge-Coupled Device )CCD( Detectors 67 4.2.4 Semi-conductor Detectors 08 4.3 Filters 18 4.4 Dispersion Systems 38 4.4.1 Systems Based on Diffraction of Light 38 4.4.2 Fourier-Transform )FT-( Systems 68 4.5 Components for Transportation of Light 88 4.6 Sample Chambers and Measurement Probes 19 4.7 Noise in Raman Spectroscopy 59 4.7.1 Noise Originating from the Sample: σs 69 4.7.2 Noise Originating from the Raman Instrument: σi 89 4.7.3 Noise Originating from the Signal Processing: σp 99 4.8 Summary 99 Intermezzo 4.1 The Helium-Neon laser 96 5 Raman Spectroscopy in Daily Lab-life 101 5.1 Calibration of a Raman Spectrometer 201 5.1.1 X-Axis Calibration 201 5.1.2 Y-Axis Calibration 501 5.2 Raman Spectral Post-processing 801 5.2.1 Digital Filters 901 5.2.2 Scaling 011 5.2.3 Deconvolution 211 5.2.4 Baseline Corrections 311 5.3 Interpretation of Raman Spectra of Organic Molecules 611 5.3.1 Raman Spectra of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes 021 5.3.2 Raman Spectra of Alkenes and Cycloalkenes 521 5.3.3 Raman Spectra of Aromates 921 5.4 Interpretation of Raman Spectra of Inorganic Molecules 131 5.5 Quantitative Aspects of Raman Spectroscopy 431 5.6 Fingerprinting and Spectral Searching Algorithms 731 5.7 Raman Mapping and Imaging 141 5.8 Combination with Other Techniques 541 5.9 Summary 741 Intermezzo 5.1 Micro-Raman Spectroscopy in Microbiology 701 Intermezzo 5.2 Raman Spectroscopy in a Forensics Laboratory 711 Intermezzo 5.3 Pigment Analysis with Raman Spectroscopy 231 Intermezzo 5.4 Detection of Counterfeit Medicines with Raman Spectroscopy 631 Intermezzo 5.5 Exobiology: Raman Spectroscopy Helps the Search for Life on Mars 931 Intermezzo 5.6 Direct Analysis of Precious Art Objects 441 Responses to Questions 941 Bibliography 351 Glossary of Terms 551 SI Units and Physical Constants 751 Periodic Table 361 Index 561