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Optical Visualization of Carbon Nanotubes—a Unifying Linkage Between Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterization Techniques
Author(s) -
Backes Claudia,
Englert Jan M.,
Bernhard Nicolas,
Hauke Frank,
Hirsch Andreas
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201001019
Subject(s) - characterization (materials science) , carbon nanotube , raman spectroscopy , nanotechnology , materials science , visualization , spectroscopy , computer science , optics , physics , data mining , quantum mechanics
The optical bright‐ and dark‐field visualization (see image) of single‐walled carbon nanotubes spin‐casted onto Si/SiO 2 substrates with a 300‐nm‐thick oxide coating is reported. This novel procedure gives access to a low‐cost correlation of Raman spectroscopy with microscopic techniques (atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy) greatly facilitating nanotube characterization.