Vibrational properties of boron-nitride nanotubes: Effects of finite length and bundling

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-348

  Wirtz, Ludger ^a   Rubio, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boron nitride (BN) nanotubes; Infrared (IR) spectroscopy; Phonons; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL BONDS; FREQUENCIES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHONONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING BORON;

BORON NITRIDE (BN) NANOTUBES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY (EELS); FREQUENCY SHIFTS; SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

NANOTUBES;

EID: 3042767504     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2003.820511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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