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Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Concepts and Chemical Applications
Author(s) -
Schlücker Sebastian
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201205748
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , raman scattering , plasmon , surface enhanced raman spectroscopy , raman spectroscopy , cover (algebra) , nanostructure , materials science , molecule , chemistry , physics , optoelectronics , engineering , optics , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering
Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has become a mature vibrational spectroscopic technique during the last decades and the number of applications in the chemical, material, and in particular life sciences is rapidly increasing. This Review explains the basic theory of SERS in a brief tutorial and—based on original results from recent research—summarizes fundamental aspects necessary for understanding SERS and provides examples for the preparation of plasmonic nanostructures for SERS. Chemical applications of SERS are the centerpiece of this Review. They cover a broad range of topics such as catalysis and spectroelectrochemistry, single‐molecule detection, and (bio)analytical chemistry.