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Chirality assignments in carbon nanotubes based on resonant Raman scattering
Author(s) -
Thomsen C.,
Telg H.,
Maultzsch J.,
Reich S.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.200461715
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , raman scattering , carbon nanotube , raman spectroscopy , resonance (particle physics) , excitation , molecular physics , inverse , materials science , chemistry , atomic physics , nanotechnology , physics , optics , quantum mechanics , chiral symmetry , geometry , mathematics , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
Abstract Resonant Raman scattering is a well‐known method for investigating the optical transitions in solids [1]. Here we show that the fully symmetric radial breathing mode (RBM) of carbon nanotubes can be used to derive an assignment of their chiral indices. Our assignment is based on a plot of the resonance maxima for the radial breathing modes as a function of laser excitation energy versus inverse ω RBM , a so‐called Kataura plot. Different from recent luminescence measurements [2], the chirality of both semiconducting and metallic nanotubes can be investigated. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)