Jon Albert Dieringer

TL;DR: The ability to control the size, shape, and material of a surface has reinvigorated the field of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Three vibrational modes of benzenethiol are studied simultaneously on one substrate, and it is demonstrated that the smaller Raman shifted peak shows a maximum enhancement closer to the LSPR lambda(max) than that of a larger Raman shift peak, in agreement with the predictions of the electromagnetic enhancement mechanism of SERS.

TL;DR: A detailed study of the specific nanoparticle structures that give rise to single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SMSERS) is presented and it is found that the electromagnetic SERS enhancement factors of 10(9) are easily obtained and are consistent with single- molecule SERS activity.

TL;DR: A detailed study of the wavelength and distance dependence of SERS is studied, which further illustrate predictions obtained from the electromagnetic enhancement mechanism, and an isotopic labeling technique applied to the rhodamine 6G (R6G)/silver system serves as an additional proof of the existence of single-molecule SERS and explores the dynamical features of this process.

TL;DR: This perspective is a review of some of the most interesting and promising methodologies for creating, controlling, and using hot spots for electromagnetic amplification in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.