Some applications of SERS

For further reading on the coupling of SERS with chromatographic methods see Tran (1984b), Berthold et al. (1987), Sequaris and Koglin (1987), Force (1988), Garrell (1989), and Soper et al. (1990). 

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In this section, some applications of SERS microspectroscopy will be reviewed, by considering that this technique is being liable of new perspectives and evolution in the future of micro-analysis. 

Because of the huge signal enhancement, SERS is particularly useful for trace analysis and for in-situ investigations of various interfacial processes or of mono-layers adsorbed on metals. However, sample preparation is a rather tedious procedure. For this reason, SERS is still more an academic tool rather than a routine analytical instrument. Some applications of SERS are given in [31]. 

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