**Meet the editor**

Dr. Gustavo Morari do Nascimento holds a position of Professor at the Federal University of ABC. He has strong experience in many fields related to characterization of nanomaterials by using spectroscopic techniques associated to microscopic resolution. He obtained a doctoral degree from the University of São Paulo (USP) in 2004, writing a thesis about spectroscopic characterization of

nanocomposites formed by conducting polymers and clays. Afterward, he received in 2007/2008 a postdoctoral degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the resonance Raman study of double-walled carbon nanotubes doped with halogens under the guidance of the legendary Mildred S. Dresselhaus. Back in Brazil, he has spent 3 years (2009–2011) at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) working with synthesis of nanostructured carbon modified with molecular magnets. Nowadays, his research focus is on molecular characterization of modified carbon nanostructured materials and polymer nanocomposites by using different spectroscopic techniques. Resonance Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) coupled with microscopy techniques added to X-ray absorption techniques at National Synchrotron Light Laboratory have been the main techniques employed in the investigation.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Spectroscopy 3**

**Applications 11**

Czachor

Gustavo M. Do Nascimento

**Sensing Applications 13**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: The Multiple Applications of Raman**

**Section 2 Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Nanosubstrates and**

Chapter 2 **Engineering 3D Multi-Branched Nanostructures for Ultra-**

Chapter 3 **Titanium (IV) Oxide Nanotubes in Design of Active SERS**

Chapter 4 **Precisely Controllable Synthesized Nanoparticles for Surface**

Chapter 5 **Nanoscale Insights into Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy 67**

**Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy 55**

Izabela Rzeznicka and Hideyuki Horino

Meng Xu and Jiatao Zhang

Anisha Chirumamilla, Manohar Chirumamilla, Alexander S. Roberts, Andrea Cerea, Esben Skovsen, Francesco De Angelis, Remo Proietti

Sutherland, Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi, Kjeld Pedersen and Andrea Toma

**Substrates for High Sensitivity Analytical Applications: Effect of Geometrical Factors in Nanotubes and in Ag-n Deposits 37** Marcin Pisarek, Jan Krajczewski, Marcin Hołdyński, Tomasz Płociński, Mirosław Krawczyk, Andrzej Kudelski and Maria Janik-

Zaccaria, Peter Kjær Kristensen, Roman Krahne, Duncan S.

**Section 1 Introduction 1**
