Abstract
We present theoretical and experimental studies of the infrared (IR) spectroscopy, normal Raman spectroscopy (NRS), surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and surface-enhanced hyper-Raman (SEHRS) spectroscopy of trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (BPE). This centrosymmetric molecule is expected to have no common Raman and hyper-Raman lines provided that it is not strongly perturbed by adsorption on the surface. The measured SERS spectrum, obtained under electrochemical conditions on Ag film over nanosphere (AgFON) electrodes, shows a well defined C=C stretch band that is not seen in the SEHRS spectrum, but many of the other bands overlap closely. We use ab initio calculations for isolated BPE to assign the spectra, and find excellent agreement between the calculated and measured IR and SERS spectra, and good agreement between the calculated and measured SEHRS spectrum. We find that the apparently overlapping IR, SERS, and SEHRS bands are in fact due to modes that have similar vibrational characteristics but different symmetry. Our results indicate that SEHRS spectra are consistent with the expected (three photon) selection rules and intensities. This rules out an alternative mechanism in which the observed spectrum arises from surface second harmonic generation (SHG) followed by SERS excited at the second harmonic frequency.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 4313-4323 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 1996 |
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A surface-enhanced hyper-Raman and surface-enhanced Raman scattering study of frans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene adsorbed onto silver film over nanosphere electrodes. Vibrational assignments : Experiment and theory. / Yang, Wen Hui; Hulteen, John; Schatz, George C; Van Duyne, Richard P.
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T1 - A surface-enhanced hyper-Raman and surface-enhanced Raman scattering study of frans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene adsorbed onto silver film over nanosphere electrodes. Vibrational assignments
T2 - Experiment and theory
AU - Yang, Wen Hui
AU - Hulteen, John
AU - Schatz, George C
AU - Van Duyne, Richard P.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - We present theoretical and experimental studies of the infrared (IR) spectroscopy, normal Raman spectroscopy (NRS), surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and surface-enhanced hyper-Raman (SEHRS) spectroscopy of trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (BPE). This centrosymmetric molecule is expected to have no common Raman and hyper-Raman lines provided that it is not strongly perturbed by adsorption on the surface. The measured SERS spectrum, obtained under electrochemical conditions on Ag film over nanosphere (AgFON) electrodes, shows a well defined C=C stretch band that is not seen in the SEHRS spectrum, but many of the other bands overlap closely. We use ab initio calculations for isolated BPE to assign the spectra, and find excellent agreement between the calculated and measured IR and SERS spectra, and good agreement between the calculated and measured SEHRS spectrum. We find that the apparently overlapping IR, SERS, and SEHRS bands are in fact due to modes that have similar vibrational characteristics but different symmetry. Our results indicate that SEHRS spectra are consistent with the expected (three photon) selection rules and intensities. This rules out an alternative mechanism in which the observed spectrum arises from surface second harmonic generation (SHG) followed by SERS excited at the second harmonic frequency.
AB - We present theoretical and experimental studies of the infrared (IR) spectroscopy, normal Raman spectroscopy (NRS), surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and surface-enhanced hyper-Raman (SEHRS) spectroscopy of trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (BPE). This centrosymmetric molecule is expected to have no common Raman and hyper-Raman lines provided that it is not strongly perturbed by adsorption on the surface. The measured SERS spectrum, obtained under electrochemical conditions on Ag film over nanosphere (AgFON) electrodes, shows a well defined C=C stretch band that is not seen in the SEHRS spectrum, but many of the other bands overlap closely. We use ab initio calculations for isolated BPE to assign the spectra, and find excellent agreement between the calculated and measured IR and SERS spectra, and good agreement between the calculated and measured SEHRS spectrum. We find that the apparently overlapping IR, SERS, and SEHRS bands are in fact due to modes that have similar vibrational characteristics but different symmetry. Our results indicate that SEHRS spectra are consistent with the expected (three photon) selection rules and intensities. This rules out an alternative mechanism in which the observed spectrum arises from surface second harmonic generation (SHG) followed by SERS excited at the second harmonic frequency.
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