Syllabus
History. Theory of electromagnetic and chemical enhancement mechanism. Surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering, selection rules.
SERS-active metal surfaces: electrodes, island films, colloids. Preparation, optical and morphological properties. Aggregation of colloids. Fractal theory of colloidal aggregates.
Experimental aspects of technique: selectivity and sensitivity, reproducibility.
Electrochemical and analytical applications, study of biomolecules and their interactions.
Annotation
Theory and application of surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy.