1. INTERPRETING THE SPECTRAL SIGNATURES OF SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING Open Access Author: Chulhai, Dhabih Vishaal Title: INTERPRETING THE SPECTRAL SIGNATURES OF SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING Graduate Program: Chemistry Keywords: SpectroscopySurface EnhancementRamanSERSField GradientsPlasmonNanoparticlesTERSDFTSubsystem DFTFrozen Density EmbeddingTDDFTDensity Functional Theory File: Download DhabihChulhai-PSUThesis.pdf Committee Members: Lasse Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorLasse Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-ChairMiriam Arak Freedman, Committee MemberWilliam George Noid, Committee MemberAdrianus C Van Duin, Outside Member