Probing exciton localization in single-walled carbon nanotubes using high-resolution near-field microscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5914-5920

  Georgi, Carsten ^a   Green, Alexander A ^b   Hersam, Mark C ^b   Hartschuh, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

excitons; localization; near field microscopy; photoluminescence; single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CONFINED EXCITONS; ENERGY GRADIENTS; ENERGY VARIATIONS; EXCITON DIFFUSION; EXCITON LOCALIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOCAL ENERGY MINIMA; LOCALIZATION; NEAR FIELD MICROSCOPY; NEAR-FIELD PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON;

EXCITONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; DNA; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DNA; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 78049334441     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn101443d     Document Type: Article

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