Pressure-induced phenomena in single-walled carbon nanotubes probed by infrared spectroscopy

High Pressure Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-563

  Abouelsayed, A ^a   Thirunavukkuarasu, K ^a   Kamaras, K ^b   Hennrich, F ^c   Kuntscher, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrared spectroscopy; Single walled carbon nanotubes; Structural phase transition

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LOCALIZATION; FUNCTION OF PRESSURE; LOW ENERGIES; PRESSURE-INDUCED SHIFT; STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; VAN HOVE SINGULARITIES;

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 76149111974     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957950903371708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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