title: Quantitative sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy of molecular surfaces and interfaces: lineshape, polarization, and orientation.
abstract: Sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) can provide detailed information and understanding of the molecular composition, interactions, and orientational and conformational structure of surfaces and interfaces through quantitative measurement and analysis. In this review, we present the current status of and discuss important recent developments in the measurement of intrinsic SFG spectral lineshapes and formulations for polarization measurements and orientational analysis of SFG-VS spectra. The focus of this review is to present a coherent description of SFG-VS and discuss the main concepts and issues that can help advance this technique as a quantitative analytical research tool for revealing the chemistry and physics of complex molecular surfaces and interfaces.
authors.affiliation: William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352; email: hongfei.wang@pnnl.gov.
authors.forename: Hong-Fei
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Velarde
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fu
keywords: Euler transformation; Fresnel factor; interference; local field factor; molecular polarizability; nonlinear susceptibilities