DOI: 10.1126/science.1078727. Structure-Assigned Optical Spectra of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Structure-Assigned Optical Spectra of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

10.1126/science.1078727

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Abstract

Spectrofluorimetric measurements on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) isolated in aqueous surfactant suspensions have revealed distinct electronic absorption and emission transitions for more than 30 different semiconducting nanotube species. By combining these fluorimetric results with resonance Raman data, each optical transition has been mapped to a specific ( n , m ) nanotube structure. Optical spectroscopy can thereby be used to rapidly determine the detailed composition of bulk SWNT samples, providing distributions in both tube diameter and chiral angle. The measured transition frequencies differ substantially from simple theoretical predictions. These deviations may reflect combinations of trigonal warping and excitonic effects.

Bibliography

Bachilo, S. M., Strano, M. S., Kittrell, C., Hauge, R. H., Smalley, R. E., & Weisman, R. B. (2002). Structure-Assigned Optical Spectra of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Science, 298(5602), 2361â2366.

Authors 6

Sergei M. Bachilo (first)
Michael S. Strano (additional)
Carter Kittrell (additional)
Robert H. Hauge (additional)
Richard E. Smalley (additional)
R. Bruce Weisman (additional)

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Supported by NSF (grant CHE-9900417) the NSF Focused Research Group on Fullerene Nanotube Chemistry (grant DMR-0073046) the NSF Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (grant EEC-0118007) and the Robert A. Welch Foundation (grants C-0807 and C-0689). Support from NASA (grant NCC 9-77) for development of the HiPco method is also gratefully acknowledged. We thank M. O'Connell and V. Moore for assistance in sample preparation S. Doorn for Raman spectroscopy the University of Illinois Materials Research Laboratory for use of facilities S. Reich for generously sharing computer codes and extended tight binding results before publication and G. Mele for helpful and stimulating discussions.

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Created	22 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 19, 2002, 7:05 p.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 2024, 10:53 p.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks ago (Aug. 2, 2025, 12:08 a.m.)
Issued	22 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 20, 2002)
Published	22 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 20, 2002)
Published Print	22 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 20, 2002)

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BibTeX

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