Progress in Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) is reviewed with respect to the single molecule sensitivity and the enhancement mechanisms. Blinking of SERS signal that is a fluctuation of the intensity and peak position, additional peak in elastic scattering and pronounced emission bands observed only for SERS active parti-cles are discussed as well as the microscopic nature of the chemical enhancement based on recent achievement.
This intensive course gives fundamentals of plasma physics for plasma spectroscopy and its advanced applications such as inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, laser-induced plasma spectroscopy, optical emission spectrometry with glow discharges, etc. The theory of the optical methods used in the plasma diagnostics and the methods for determining plasma parameters such as electron temperature, plasma density, etc. will be described. This course is composed of the series six times and the first part reviews the fundamentals of plasma physics.