Phonon-assisted electroluminescence from metallic carbon nanotubes and graphene

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1589-1594

  Essig, S ^a   Marquardt, C W ^a   Vijayaraghavan, A ^a   Ganzhorn, M ^a   Dehm, S ^a   Hennrich, F ^a   Ou, F ^b   Green, A A ^c   Sciascia, C ^d   Bonaccorso, F ^d   Bohnen, K P ^a   Lohneysen H V ^a   Kappes, M M ^a   Ajayan, P M ^b   Hersam, M C ^c   Ferrari, A C ^d   Krupke, R ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electroluminescence; Grapheme; Phonons

Indexed keywords

BAND STATE; EMISSION PEAKS; GRAPHEME; K POINTS; METALLIC CARBON NANOTUBES; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; OPTICAL PHONONS; RADIATIVE DECAY; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; UNOCCUPIED STATE; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHONONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE; METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GRAPHITE; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77952325095     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl9039795     Document Type: Article

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