ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF A FIRST SUBSTANCE ON THE BEHAVIOR OF A SECOND SUBSTANCE USING SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

摘要

A method of analyzing an effect of a first substance on the behavior of asecond substance comprises exposing atest material to the first substance, performing a first surface enhancedRaman spectroscopy analysis of the test material while it isexposed to the first substance, exposing the test material to the firstsubstance and to the second substance, and performing asec-ond surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis of the test materialwhile it is exposed to the first substance and to the secondsubstance. Results of the first and second analyses are compared to identify achange in the behavior of the first substance.