Raman spectroscopy vibrational

Table IV lists a number of molecules whose structures have been clarified by Raman spectroscopy. Vibrational Raman spectra of var-...

Infrared and Raman spectroscopy each probe vibrational motion, but respond to a different manifestation of it. Infrared spectroscopy is sensitive to a change in the dipole moment as a function of the vibrational motion, whereas Raman spectroscopy probes the change in polarizability as the molecule undergoes vibrations. Resonance Raman spectroscopy also couples to excited electronic states, and can yield fiirtlier infomiation regarding the identity of the vibration. Raman and IR spectroscopy are often complementary, both in the type of systems tliat can be studied, as well as the infomiation obtained. 

Tang J and Albrecht A C 1970 Developments in the theories of vibrational Raman intensities Raman Spectroscopy Theory and Practice vol 2, ed H A Szymanski (New York Plenum) pp 33-68... 

Perhaps the best known and most used optical spectroscopy which relies on the use of lasers is Raman spectroscopy. Because Raman spectroscopy is based on the inelastic scattering of photons, the signals are usually weak, and are often masked by fluorescence and/or Rayleigh scattering processes. The interest in usmg Raman for the vibrational characterization of surfaces arises from the fact that the teclmique can be used in situ under non-vacuum enviromnents, and also because it follows selection rules that complement those of IR spectroscopy. 

OL which is important in vibrational Raman spectroscopy, to be discussed in Section 6.2.3.2. 

The use of vibrational Raman spectroscopy in qualitative analysis has increased greatly since the introduction of lasers, which have replaced mercury arcs as monochromatic sources. Although a laser Raman spectrometer is more expensive than a typical infrared spectrometer used for qualitative analysis, it does have the advantage that low- and high-wavenumber vibrations can be observed with equal ease whereas in the infrared a different, far-infrared, spectrometer may be required for observations below about 400 cm. ... 

The other vibrational spectroscopies, laser Raman and magic angle spinning NMR, have also been useful. Despite its low resolution, high resolution EELS has been usefiil in UHV work for assessment of surface cleanliness and for the identification of adsorbed species. 

Similarly, the first-order expansion of the p° and a of Eq. (5.1) is, respectively, responsible for IR absorption and Raman scattering. According to the parity, one can easily understand that selection mles for hyper-Raman scattering are rather similar to those for IR [17,18]. Moreover, some of the silent modes, which are IR- and Raman-inactive vibrational modes, can be allowed in hyper-Raman scattering because of the nonlinearity. Incidentally, hyper-Raman-active modes and Raman-active modes are mutually exclusive in centrosymmetric molecules. Similar to Raman spectroscopy, hyper-Raman spectroscopy is feasible by visible excitation. Therefore, hyper-Raman spectroscopy can, in principle, be used as an alternative for IR spectroscopy, especially in IR-opaque media such as an aqueous solution [103]. Moreover, its spatial resolution, caused by the diffraction limit, is expected to be much better than IR microscopy. 

Raman spectroscopy comprises a family of spectral measurements based on inelastic optical scattering of photons at molecules or crystals. It involves vibrational measurements as well as rotational or electronic studies and nonlinear effects. Following, Raman will be used in the established but slightly inaccurate way as a synonym for the most important and most common technique of the family, linear vibrational Raman scattering. 

Raman spectroscopy is primarily useful as a diagnostic, inasmuch as the vibrational Raman spectrum is directly related to molecular structure and bonding. The major development since 1965 in spontaneous, c.w. Raman spectroscopy has been the observation and exploitation by chemists of the resonance Raman effect. This advance, pioneered in chemical applications by Long and Loehr (15a) and by Spiro and Strekas (15b), overcomes the inherently feeble nature of normal (nonresonant) Raman scattering and allows observation of Raman spectra of dilute chemical systems. Because the observation of the resonance effect requires selection of a laser wavelength at or near an electronic transition of the sample, developments in resonance Raman spectroscopy have closely paralleled the increasing availability of widely tunable and line-selectable lasers. 

One of the most powerful spectroscopic techniques for the detection and characterization of persistent and transient phenoxyls is time-resolved resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy. Vibrational frequencies and the relative intensities of the resonance-enhanced bands have proven to be sensitive markers for tyrosyl radicals in proteins. For example, Sanders-Loehr and co-workers (31) detected the tyrosyl radical in native ribonucleotide reductase from Escherichia coli by a resonance-enhanced Raman mode at 1498 cm 1 that they assigned to the Ula Wilson mode of the tyrosyl, which is predominantly the u(C=0) stretching mode. 

Raman spectroscopy is an emission technique involving the scatter of absorbed light often in the visible region. Raman bands arise from changes in polarizability in molecules during a vibration. Raman spectroscopy is widely used to monitor compounds that have highly... 

Both Raman and infrared spectroscopy provide qualitative and quantitative information about ehemieal species through the interaetion of radiation with molecular vibrations. Raman spectroscopy complements infrared spectroscopy, particularly for the study of non-polar bonds and certain functional groups. It is often used as an additional technique for elueidating the molecular structure and symmetry of a eompound. Raman spectroseopy also provides facile access to the low frequency region (less than 400 cm Raman shift), an area that is more difficult for infrared speetroseopy. 

A recently developed field of research is matrix isolation laser Raman spectroscopy 214a)-d) which allows the study of vibrational Raman spectra with high resolution. Even small isotopic frequency shifts or the influence of crystal structure on the vibrational frequencies may be determined with high precision. This provides an effective constraint on intermolecular forcefields. 

An Interactive Dry Lab Introduction to Vibrational Raman Spectroscopy Using Carbon Tetrachloride 168... 

Infrared, near-infrared, and Raman spectroscopy Vibrational spectroscopy (discussed in this chapter) X X Reaction monitoring Polymorphism Content determination Process monitoring (drying, granulation, blending)... 

Molecular Vibrations Raman and infrared spectroscopy Secondary tertiary structure. 

For any vibrational mode, the relative intensities of Stokes and anti-Stokes scattering depend only on the temperature. Measurement of this ratio can be used for temperature measurement, although this application is not commonly encountered in pharmaceutical or biomedical applications. Raman scattering based on rotational transitions in the gas phase and low energy (near-infrared) electronic transitions in condensed phases can also be observed. These forms of Raman scattering are sometimes used by physical chemists. However, as a practical matter, to most scientists, Raman spectroscopy means and will continue to mean vibrational Raman spectroscopy. 

The prevention of the occurrences and the real-time diagnosis of diseases, and the enabling of a sensible treatment without side-effects is the aim of biomedical diagnosis and therapy. In the last years several vibrational spectroscopic techniques, in particular IR absorption spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy, have led to major breakthroughs in biological, pharmaceutical, and clinical research [1-3]. 

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