The effects of nitrogen and boron doping on the optical emission and diameters of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2752-2757

  Li, Lain Jong ^a   Glerup, M ^b   Khlobystov, A N ^c   Wiltshire, J G ^a   Sauvajol, J L ^d   Taylor, R A ^a   Nicholas, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Doped carbon; Luminescence; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BORON; NITROGEN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DOPED CARBON; EMISSION ENERGIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33748051070     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.03.037     Document Type: Article

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