Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theory of Raman scattering; evolution and revolution of Raman instrumentation - application of available technologies to spectroscopy and microscopy; Raman spectroscopy and its adaptation to the industrial environment; Raman microscopy - confocal and scanning near-field; Raman imaging; the quest for accuracy in Raman spectra; chemometrics for Raman spectroscopy; Raman spectra of gases; Raman spectroscopy applied to crystals - phenomena and principles, concepts and conventions; Raman scattering of glass; Raman spectroscopic applications to gemmology; Raman spectroscopy on II-IV-semiconductor nanostructures; medical applications of Raman spectroscopy - in vivo Raman spectroscopy; some pharmaceutical applications of Raman spectroscopy; low-frequency Raman spectroscopy and biomolecular dynamics - a comparison between different low-frequency experimental techniques; collectivity of vibrational modes; Raman spectroscopic studies of ion-ion interactions in aqueous and non-aqueous electrolyte solutions; environmental applications of Raman spectroscopy to aqueous solutions; Raman and surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering - applications in forensic science; application of Raman spectroscopy to organic fibres and films; applications of IR and Raman spectra of quasi-elemental carbon; process Raman spectroscopy; the use of Raman spectroscopy to monitor the quality of carbon overcoats in the disk drive industry; Raman spectroscopy in the undergraduate teaching laboratory; Raman spectroscopy in the characterization of archaeological materials.