1.5: Raman Spectroscopy
Raman spectroscopy is a chemical instrumentation technique that exploits molecular vibrations.
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- 1.5.1: Raman- Application
- If one can extract all of the vibrational information corresponds a molecule, its molecular structure can then be determined. In the field of spectroscopy, two main techniques are applied in order to detect molecular vibrational motions: Infrared spectroscopy (IR) and Raman spectroscopy. Raman Spectroscopy has its unique properties which have been used very commonly and widely.
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- 1.5.2: Raman- Theory
- The phenomenon of Raman scattering of light was first postulated by Smekai in 1923 and first observed experimentally in 1928 by Raman and Krishnan. Raman scattering is most easily seen as the change in frequency for a small percentage of the intensity in a monochromatic beam as the result of coupling between the incident radiation and vibrational energy levels of molecules. A vibrational mode will be Raman active only when it changes the polariazbility of the moleculeat.