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Raman spectroscopy has long offered potential for analytical specificity, sensitivity, and versatility in the study of a broad array of environmentally relevant compounds. As with other optical analytical methods, the use of the technique has been hampered by challenges in optimizing the sensor-sample interface, managing turbidity for quantitative analysis, limiting fluorescence interference, preventing biofouling (particularly for long-term monitoring), and achieving low cost. As outlined herein, research over the last several years has systematically addressed each of these factors so that Raman spectroscopy is arguably ready to be revisited as a robust and flexible field measurement technique and may now warrant targeted development effort so that it may become a more routinely employed field analysis method. In addition, the developments outlined herein are believed to be applicable to material analyses in complex, turbid, and/or fluorescence-prone settings in a broad array of fields.
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Sinfield, J.V. (2017). Advances in Raman Spectroscopy for the Geoenvironment. In: Sivakumar Babu, G., Reddy, K., De, A., Datta, M. (eds) Geoenvironmental Practices and Sustainability. Developments in Geotechnical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4077-1_12
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