Preface ................................................................. v Contributors ........................................................... xi 1 Theory of Raman Scattering ........................................... 1 Laurence A.Nafie 2 Evolution and Revolution of Raman Instrumentation - Application of Available Technologies to Spectroscopy and Microscopy ............... 11 Fran Adar 3 Raman Spectrometry and Its Adaptation to the Industrial Environment ......................................................... 41 Joseph B.Slater, James M.Tedesco, Ronald C.Fairchild and Ian R.Lewis 4 Raman Microscopy: Confocal and Scanning Near-Field ................. 145 Kurt J.Baldwin, David N.Batchelder and Simon Webster 5 Raman Imaging ...................................................... 191 Patrick J.Treado and Matthew P.Nelson 6 The Quest for Accuracy in Raman Spectra ............................ 251 Charles K.Mann and Thomas J.Vickers 7 Chemometrics for Raman Spectroscopy ................................ 275 Jeremy M.Shaver 8 Raman Spectra of Gases ............................................. 307 Heinz W.Schrotter 9 Raman Spectroscopy Applied to Crystals: Phenomena and Principles, Concepts and Conventions ................. 349 David C.Smith and Constantin Carabatos-Nedelec 10 Raman Scattering of Glass .......................................... 423 Constantin Carabatos-Nedelec 11 Raman Spectroscopic Applications to Gemmology ...................... 469 Lore Kiefert, Henry A.Hanni, and Thomas Ostertag 12 Raman Spectroscopy on II-VI-Semiconductor Nanostructures ........... 491 Bianca Schreder and Wolfgang Kiefer 13 In Vivo Raman Spectroscopy ......................................... 549 Gerwin J.Puppels, Tom C.Bakker Schut, Peter J.Caspers, Rolf Wolthuis, M. van Aken, A. van der Laarse, Hajo A.Bruining, H.P.J.Buschman, Martin G.Shim and Brian C.Wilson 14 Some Pharmaceutical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy ............. 575 Adrian C.Williams 15 Low-Frequency Raman Spectroscopy and Biomolecular Dynamics: A Comparison Between Different Low-Frequency Experimental Techniques. Collectivity of Vibrational Modes ...................... 593 Ole Faurskov Nielsen 16 Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Ion-Ion Interactions in Aqueous and Nonaqueous Electrolyte Solutions ............................... 617 Jose M.Alia 17 Environmental Applications of Raman Spectroscopy to Aqueous Systems ............................................................ 683 Ted L.Williams and Timothy W.Collette 18 Raman and Surface Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering: Applications in Forensic Science ................................... 733 W.Ewen Smith, C.Rodger, Geoffrey Dent, and Peter C.White 19 Application of Raman Spectroscopy to Organic Fibers and Films ...... 749 Stephen Michielsen 20 Raman Spectroscopy of Catalysts .................................... 799 Israel E.Wachs 21 Applications of IR and Raman Spectroscopy to the Study of Medieval Pigments .................................................. 835 Fernando Rull Perez 22 Raman Spectra of Quasi-Elemental Carbon ............................ 863 James L.Lauer 23 Process Raman Spectroscopy ......................................... 919 Ian R.Lewis 24 The Use of Raman Spectroscopy to Monitor the Quality of Carbon Overcoats in the Disk Drive Industry ............................... 975 Andrew Whitley 25 Raman Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory ........ 999 Michael D.Morris 26 Raman Spectroscopy in the Characterization of Archaeological Materials ......................................................... 1011 Howell G.M.Edwards Index ................................................................ 1045