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Surface enhanced Raman scattering
16 April 2008
Chem Soc Rev issue 5 is a thematic issue on the topic of surface enhanced Raman scattering
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Contents list for Chemical Society Reviews, issue 5, 2008
Front cover
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 873
DOI: 10.1039/b805468c
Contents and Chemical Science
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 875
DOI: 10.1039/b805470n
Editorial
Chemical and bioanalytical applications of surface enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy
Duncan Graham and Royston Goodacre,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 883
DOI: 10.1039/b804297g
This special issue highlights the latest developments and applications of SERS giving an updated view on the status of SERS as a measurement technique.
Tutorial Reviews
Rationally designed nanostructures for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Matthew J. Banholzer, Jill E. Millstone, Lidong Qin and Chad A. Mirkin,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 885
DOI: 10.1039/b710915f
New approaches from nanotechnology playbooks lead to new SERS substrates with improved sensitivity, tailorability, robustness, and reproducibility.
Tailoring plasmonic substrates for surface enhanced spectroscopies
Surbhi Lal, Nathaniel K. Grady, Janardan Kundu, Carly S. Levin, J. Britt Lassiter and Naomi J. Halas,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 898
DOI: 10.1039/b705969h
The design of metallic nanostructures tailored specifically for providing the electromagnetic enhancements needed for surface enhanced Raman and infrared spectroscopies.
Single-molecule and single-nanoparticle SERS: from fundamental mechanisms to biomedical applications
X.-M. Qian and S. M. Nie,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 912
DOI: 10.1039/b708839f
Pegylated colloidal gold and surface-enhanced Raman scattering are used for in vivo tumor targeting and spectroscopic detection.
Tip-enhanced Raman scattering
Elena Bailo and Volker Deckert,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 921
DOI: 10.1039/b705967c
Molecular spectroscopy at the edge: tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS) provides structural information at the nanometre scale.
Characterisation and identification of bacteria using SERS
Roger M. Jarvis and Royston Goodacre,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 931
DOI: 10.1039/b705973f
This tutorial review reports developments in SERS for the characterisation and identification of bacteria.
Disentangling interfacial redox processes of proteins by SERR spectroscopy
Daniel H. Murgida and Peter Hildebrandt,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 937
DOI: 10.1039/b705976k
Time-resolved SERR spectroscopy is able to monitor electron transfer, orientation and structural dynamics of heme proteins at biomimetic electrodes.
Single molecule analysis by surfaced-enhanced Raman scattering
Nicholas P. W. Pieczonka and Ricardo F. Aroca,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 946
DOI: 10.1039/b709739p
The tutorial provides an analysis of the basic questions surrounding single molecule detection via surface-enhanced Raman scattering and surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering for molecules coupled to Ag and Au nanostructures.
Practical understanding and use of surface enhanced Raman scattering/surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering in chemical and biological analysis
W. E. Smith,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 955
DOI: 10.1039/b708841h
Review targeted at the development of practical applications.
Vibrational pumping in surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
R. C. Maher, C. M. Galloway, E. C. Le Ru, L. F. Cohen and P. G. Etchegoin,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 965
DOI: 10.1039/b707870f
This tutorial review discusses the basics and surveys the current status of SERS vibrational pumping, which is coming of age and can shed light into fundamental aspects of the Raman signal enhancements.
Surface enhanced Raman optical activity (SEROA)
Salim Abdali and Ewan William Blanch,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 980
DOI: 10.1039/b707862p
Theoretical and experimental work in developing SEROA and possible future directions of research for this novel chiroptical spectroscopy are presented.
Intracellular applications of analytical SERS spectroscopy and multispectral imaging
Igor Chourpa, Franck H. Lei, Pierre Dubois, Michel Manfait and Ganesh D. Sockalingum,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 993
DOI: 10.1039/b714732p
Overview of live cells applications of nanoparticle-based analytical SERS spectroscopy and perspectives of the tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS) approach.
SERS as a bioassay platform: fundamentals, design, and applications
Marc D. Porter, Robert J. Lipert, Lorraine M. Siperko, Gufeng Wang and Radha Narayanan,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 1001
DOI: 10.1039/b708461g
Surface enhanced Raman scattering and nanoparticle labels are opening new avenues for ultrasensitive diagnostics for biomarkers and pathogens.
Quantitative surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Steven E. J. Bell and Narayana M. S. Sirimuthu,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 1012
DOI: 10.1039/b705965p
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy has now matured into a rapid and cost-effective quantitative analytical technique.
Electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of nanostructures
De-Yin Wu, Jian-Feng Li, Bin Ren and Zhong-Qun Tian,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 1025
DOI: 10.1039/b707872m
This tutorial review describes and discusses the history, features, methods, applications and prospective developments of electrochemical SERS (EC-SERS).
Quantitative SERRS for DNA sequence analysis
Duncan Graham and Karen Faulds,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 1042
DOI: 10.1039/b707941a
The conditions and procedures to enable the successful detection of DNA using SERRS are discussed.
Critical Reviews
SERS—a single-molecule and nanoscale tool for bioanalytics
Janina Kneipp, Harald Kneipp and Katrin Kneipp,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 1052
DOI: 10.1039/b708459p
SERS opens up exciting opportunities in bioanalytics such as probing chemical composition and pH in live cells at subendosomal resolution.
Electronic structure methods for studying surface-enhanced Raman scattering
Lasse Jensen, Christine M. Aikens and George C. Schatz,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 1061
DOI: 10.1039/b706023h
This critical review highlights recent advances in using electronic structure methods to study surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Examples showing how electronic structure methods, in particular time-dependent density functional theory, can be used to gain microscopic insights into the enhancement mechanism are presented.
Back matter
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 1074
DOI: 10.1039/b805471c
Back cover
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 1075
DOI: 10.1039/b805472j
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