Recent advances in linear and nonlinear Raman spectroscopy. Part VIII

Abstract

The goal of this annual review is to provide an overview of advances in the field of Raman spectroscopy as reflected in articles published each year in the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy as well as in trends across related journals that have published papers in the broad field of Raman spectroscopy. The content is obtained from statistical data on article counts obtained from Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Knowledge by year and by subfield of Raman spectroscopy. Additional information is gleaned from presentations at the XXIV International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy in Germany in August 2014 and those featuring Raman scattering at SCIX 2014 organized by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies in Reno, Nevada, USA in October 2014. Coverage is also provided for topics from the conference GeoRaman 2014 held in June in St. Louis, Missouri and ECONOS 2014 held in May in Dole, France. Finally, papers published in JRS in 2013 are highlighted and arranged by topics at the frontier of Raman spectroscopy. From these various perspectives, it is clear that Raman spectroscopy is a rapidly expanding field that provides sensitive photonic information of matter at the molecular level in an ever-widening sphere of novel applications.