Author Description

This volume contains the abridged texts of the Keynote lecture, the Plenary lectures, and the two-page extended abstracts of invited oral and poster contributions presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, held in Budapest, Hungary, on 25-30 August 2002. It has become customary to publish the papers presented at this biennial conference in a bound volume. The contributions are grouped into the following sections: Theoretical Advances in Raman Scattering: Vibrational Analysis / Molecular Dynamics and Structure / Band Shape / Band Intensity Raman Spectroscopy under Extreme Conditions (Pressure, Temperature, High Magnetic Field, etc.) Instrumentation / Advanced Techniques / Near Field / Micro Raman / Imaging and Mapping / 2D-Raman Spectroscopy Ultra-fast Phenomena / Time-resolved Raman Spectroscopy / Ultra-fast Coherent Raman Spectroscopy Surface Enhanced Scattering Non-linear Effects / CARS / RIKES Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Raman Optical Activity / Raman Scattering Anisotropy Advanced Materials: Fullerene and Carbon Nanotubes / Diamond / Super-hard Materials / Other Nanoscale Materials and other New Materials Semiconductors and Related Lower Dimensional Structures / 2-D Electronic Gas The Solid State: Non-Crystalline Materials / Molecular Crystals / Phase Transitions / Others Inorganic / Organometallic / Complex Molecules / Organic Systems Macromolecules and Polymers Thin Films and Membranes Proteins / Peptides / Amino Acids / Enzymes / Chromophoric Biomolecules Lipids / Bio-membranes / Nucleic Acids / Viruses / Cells / Tissues Artwork / Archaeology / Conservation Science Surface / Interfacial Phenomena Industrial Processes and Environmental Applications Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in Analytical Chemistry Medical (Diagnostic, In Vivo) / Biomedical / Pharmaceutical Applications Applications in Mineralogy, Geology and other Fields