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  <id>09209</id>
  <title>surface-enhanced resonant Raman spectroscopy</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - surface-enhanced resonant Raman spectroscopy</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.09209</doi>
  <code>09209</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <acronym><em>acronym</em>: SERRS</acronym>
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      <id>1</id>
      <text>Measurement method of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) by which the Raman spectrum is significantly enhanced under the conditions that, whilst undergoing SERS, the molecules are excited by radiation that is in resonance with electronic transitions in the sample.</text>
      <notes>
        <item>Enhancements of up to and greater than \(\pu{E10}\) have been measured.</item>
        <item>The acronym SERRS is used for both surface-enhanced resonant Raman scattering and spectroscopy.</item>
      </notes>
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          <term>surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09208</url>
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      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2020, 92, 1781. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in surface chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 1794 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0404)</item>
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  <citation>Citation: 'surface-enhanced resonant Raman spectroscopy' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09209</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-08-05T06:48:42+00:00</accessed>
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