Raman scattering is now being applied with increasing success to a wide range of practical problems at the cutting edge of materials science. The purpose of this book is to make Raman spectroscopy understandable to the non-specialist and thus to bring it into the mainstream of routine materials characterization. The book is pedagogical in approach and focuses on technologically important condensed-matter systems in which the specific use of Raman spectroscopy yields new and useful information. Included are chapters on instrumentation, bulk semiconductors and alloys, heterostructures, high-Tc superconductors, catalysts, carbon-based materials, wide-gap and super-hard materials, and polymers.

Inhalt

1 Overview of Phonon Raman Scattering in Solids.- 2 Raman Instrumentation.- 3 Characterization of Bulk Semiconductors Using Raman Spectroscopy.- II Finding the Stress from the Raman Shifts: A Case Study.- 4 Raman Scattering in Semiconductor Heterostructures.- 5 Raman Scattering in High-Tc Superconductors: Phonons, Electrons, and Magnons.- V Thoughts About Raman Scattering from Superconductors.- 6 Raman Applications in Catalysts for Exhaust-Gas Treatment.- 7 Raman Scattering Spectroscopy and Analyses of III-V Nitride-Based Materials.- 8 Raman Scattering in Fullerenes and Related Carbon-Based Materials.- 9 Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Polymer Structure.- 10 Raman Scattering in Perovskite Manganites.- X Raman Scattering from Perovskite Ferroelectrics.