Exciton photophysics of carbon nanotubes

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 719-747

  Dresselhaus, Mildred S ^a   Dresselhaus, Gene ^b   Saito, Riichiro ^c   Jorio, Ado ^d  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bethe Salpeter equation; Dark exciton; Phonon side band; Photoluminescence; Ratio problem; Resonance Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; EXCITONS; FERMI LEVEL; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

BETHE-SALPETER EQUATION; DARK EXCITON; EXCITON PHOTOPHYSICS; PHONON SIDE BAND; RATIO PROBLEM; RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 34249938409     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.58.032806.104628     Document Type: Review

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