Photoluminescence and förster resonance energy transfer in elemental bundles of Single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 7536-7540

  Lefebvre, Jacques ^a   Finnie, Paul ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF STATE; EMISSION PEAKS; EXCITATION SPECTRUM; LUMINESCENCE IMAGING; NANOTUBE BUNDLES; RECOMBINATION RATE; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENCE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 67049109052     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp810892z     Document Type: Article

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