Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Theory

   1. A Survey of Recent Theoretical Work

      • Horia Metiu

      Pages 1-34

   2. The Image Field Effect: How Important Is It?

      • George C. Schatz

      Pages 35-50

   3. Coupled Excitation Model and Quantum Test of Image Field Effect

      • T. K. Lee, J. L. Birman

      Pages 51-65

   4. The Roles of Surface Roughness

      • E. Burstein, S. Lundqvist, D. L. Mills

      Pages 67-87

   5. Electromagnetic Theory: A Spheroidal Model

      • Joel I. Gersten, Abraham Nitzan

      Pages 89-107

   6. Enhanced Raman Scattering by Molecules Adsorbed at the Surface of Colloidal Particles

      • M. Kerker, D.-S. Wang, H. Chew, O. Siiman, L. A. Bumm

      Pages 109-126

   7. A Model Including Excitation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons

      • Sudhanshu S. Jha

      Pages 129-146

   8. The “Adatom Model”: How Important Is Atomic Scale Roughness?

      • A. Otto, I. Pockrand, J. Billmann, C. Pettenkofer

      Pages 147-172

   9. Induced Resonance Model

      • Hiromu Ueba

      Pages 173-188

3. Experiment

   1. Coverage Dependence

      • P. N. Sanda, J. E. Demuth, J. C. Tsang, J. M. Warlaumont

      Pages 189-202

   2. Molecule-Silver Separation Dependence

      • Cherry A. Murray

      Pages 203-221

   3. Tunnel Junction Structures

      • J. R. Kirtley, J. C. Tsang, T. N. Theis

      Pages 223-242

   4. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecules Adsorbed on Vapor-Deposited Metals

      • Martin Moskovits, Daniel P. DiLella

      Pages 243-273

   5. Electrochemical Effects

      • M. Fleischmann, I. R. Hill

      Pages 275-292

   6. Organic and Inorganic Species at Ag, Cu, and Au Electrodes

      • Bruno Pettinger, Herbert Wetzel

      Pages 293-314

   7. Metal Colloids

      • J. Alan Creighton

      Pages 315-337

   8. Inelastic Mie Scattering from Rough Metal Surfaces

      • D. A. Weitz, T. J. Gramila, A. Z. Genack

      Pages 339-360

   9. Raman Scattering and Luminescence by Molecules Adsorbed at Metal Island Films

      • G. Ritchie, C. Y. Chen

      Pages 361-378

   10. Silver Structures Produced by Microlithography

       • P. F. Liao

       Pages 379-390

In the course of the development of surface science, advances have been identified with the introduction of new diagnostic probes for analytical characterization of the adsorbates and microscopic structure of surfaces and interfaces. Among the most recently de­ veloped techniques, and one around which a storm of controversy has developed, is what has now been earmarked as surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Within this phenomenon, molecules adsorbed onto metal surfaces under certain conditions exhibit an anomalously large interaction cross section for the Raman effect. This makes it possible to observe the detailed vibrational signature of the adsorbate in the ambient phase with an energy resolution much higher than that which is presently available in electron energy loss spectroscopy and when the surface is in contact with a much larger amount of material than that which can be tolerated in infrared absorption experiments. The ability to perform vibrational spectroscopy under these conditions would lead to a new understanding about the chemical identity, geome­ try, and bonding of adsorbed material at a level previously unacces­ sible. It is for these reasons that the last few years have brought an explosion of activity surrounding the exploitation of SERS. The search for the origines) of the anomalous enhancement has given rise to a research sub-activity of its own. Efforts to explain the en­ hancement have led to an increased understanding of the whole range of phenomena associated with the interaction of photons with adsor­ bates and metal surfaces.

• electron
• electron energy loss spectroscopy
• scattering
• spectroscopy
• surface science

• Yale University, New Haven, USA

  Richard K. Chang

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA

  Thomas E. Furtak

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