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Applied Raman Spectroscopy

Concepts, Instrumentation, Chemometrics, and Life Science Applications

  • 1st Edition - March 17, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Vivek Kumar Singh
  • Language: English

Applied Raman Spectroscopy: Concepts, Instrumentation, Chemometrics, and Life Science Applications synthesizes recent developments in the field, providing an updated overview.… Read more

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Description

Applied Raman Spectroscopy: Concepts, Instrumentation, Chemometrics, and Life Science Applications synthesizes recent developments in the field, providing an updated overview. The book focuses on the modern concepts of Raman spectroscopy techniques, recent technological innovations, data analysis using chemometric methods, along with the latest examples of life science applications relevant in academia and industries. It will be beneficial to researchers from various branches of science and technology, and it will point them to modern techniques coupled with data analysis methods. In addition, it will help instruct new readers on Raman spectroscopy and hyphenated Raman spectroscopic techniques.

The book is primarily written for analytical and physical chemistry students and researchers at a more advanced level who require a broad introductory overview of the applications of Raman spectroscopy, as well as those working in applied industry and clinical laboratories. Students, researchers, and industry workers in related fields, including X-ray and materials science, agriculture, botany, molecular biology and biotechnology, mineralogy, and environmental science will also find it very useful.

Key features

  • Provides a thorough discussion of the modern concepts and recent instrumental developments of Raman Spectroscopy in one resource
  • Presents comprehensive discussions on laser spectrometers, Raman Spectrometers, and detectors that can be used for apparatuses
  • Furnishes the latest updates on remote Raman spectroscopy in nanoscale optics, stimulated Raman microscopy and clinical as well as biomedical applications of surface-enhanced and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
  • Covers the newest advances and capabilities of Raman-LIBS instruments, ranging from basic set-ups to more advanced configurations
  • Demonstrates updated chemometrics and numerical methods and shows the analytical capabilities of methods in terms of detection limits, accuracy, and precision of measurements for biological and environmental samples

Readership

Analytical and physical chemistry students and researchers at a more advanced level who require a broad introductory overview of the applications of Raman Spectroscopy, as well as those working in applied industry and clinical laboratories, Students, researchers, and industry workers in related fields including X-ray and Materials science, agriculture, botany, molecular biology and biotechnology, mineralogy, energy, and environmental science

Table of contents

1. Introduction of Basic Theory and Principle of Raman Scattering and Spectroscopy

2. Overview of the Basics of Resonance Raman Spectroscopy, Applications and Recent Advances

3. Remote Raman Spectroscopy in Nanoscale Optics

4. Theoretical Developments, Instrumentation and Biological Applications in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

5. Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Basic Fundamentals and Applications

6. Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy: Principles and Life Science Applications

7. Biomedical and Clinical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy and Multivariate Chemometric Methods

8. Raman Spectroscopy and Chemometrics: A Potential Method for Life Science Applications

9. Raman-gene integration provides a novel space of information to explore metabolism and gene function

10. Raman Spectroscopic Studies on Mineralized Tissues and Skin Appendages

11. Raman Microscopy for Early Tumor Detection

12. Raman Spectroscopy for Medical Diagnostics: From In-vitro Biofluid Assays to In-vivo Cancer Detection

13. Raman Spectroscopy of Soft Tissues and Body Fluids

14. Biochemistry of Blood and Application of Raman Spectroscopy in Studying Blood Cells, Membranes and Serum

15. Raman Spectroscopy of Blood and Blood Components and Chemometrics

16. Pathogen Detection using Raman Spectroscopy and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

17. Raman Spectroscopy for Analyzing Renal Stones

18. Application of Raman Spectroscopy in Agriculture and Chemometric Assessment

19. Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy-Based Sensors as a Futuristic Analytical Tool for Food Safety and Environmental Remediation

20. Applications of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) in Environmental Detection

21. SERS-Based Sensors for Environmental Detection and Pollutants Monitoring

22. Raman Spectroscopy: Application to Carbon Based Nanomaterials

23. Semiconductor Based Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

24. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Technique for the Determination of Thermal Conductivity of Thin Film Thermoelectric Materials

25. Hyphenated Raman Spectroscopic Systems: Applications in Biological, Environmental and Materials Sciences

26. Hyphenated Raman and Laser Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Microplastics in Tissues

27. Current and Future Prospects of Raman Spectroscopy

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 9, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Vivek Kumar Singh

Vivek Kumar Singh is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Lucknow. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience at the university level. His current research interests include multi-spectroscopy studies of biological samples, plant samples, agricultural and food products, and nano-phosphor samples. He has published more than 90 international research papers and reviews articles. Dr Singh is a recipient of the prestigious “Raman Fellowship” for Post-Doctoral Research in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkley, USA.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India

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