DFT study of chemical mechanism of pre-SERS spectra in Pyrazine-metal complex and metal-Pyrazine-metal junction

The chemical mechanism of Normal Raman. Scattering (NRS) and pre-surface enhanced Raman scattering(pre-SERS) spectra for Pyrazine-Ag-2 Complex, Ag-2-Pyrazine-Ag-2 junction and Ag-2-Pyrazine-Au-2 junction were investigated with density functional theory (DFT) and charge difference densities (CDDs) for the first time. The NRS intensities of the above three structures enhanced obviously relative to isolated Pyrazine and the enhancement mechanism was confirmed to be static chemical enhancement. The pre-SERS intensities of the above three structures enhanced evidently compared to corresponding NRS intensities, and the enhancement mechanism was confirmed to charge transfer (CT) resonance Raman enhancement. The largest enhanced orders of NRS and pre-SERS intensities among the three structures were up to 10(3) and 10(5), respectively. Compared the intensity of pre-SERS with corresponding intensity of NRS spectra, the enhancement effect of Pyrazine-Ag-2 complex was larger than the others. Intramolecular and intermolecular CT on resonant electronic transition were described by CDDs. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.