Exciton binding energy in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 109, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 15671-15674

  Ma, Ying Zhong ^a   Valkunas, Leonas ^a,b,c   Bachilo, Sergei M ^d   Fleming, Graham R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-HOLE; EXCITATIONS; PRECURSORS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNT);

BINDING ENERGY; CHEMICAL RELAXATION; DISSOCIATION; EXCITONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 24944509569     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp053011t     Document Type: Article

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