Optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes separated in a density gradient: Length, bundling, and aromatic stacking effects

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 19569-19575

  Tabakman, Scott M ^a   Welsher, Kevin ^a   Hong, Guosong ^a   Dai, Hongjie ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; AROMATIC SPECIES; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DIELECTRIC SCREENING; EXCITON LIFETIME; HIGH SURFACE AREA; IN-VITRO; INTENSITY GAIN; NEAR-INFRARED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL TRANSITION ENERGIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; PROMISING MATERIALS; RAMAN SCATTERING INTENSITY; RESONANCE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SCATTERING PROPERTY; STACKING EFFECT; STARTING MATERIALS; UV-VIS-NIR SPECTRA;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; INFRARED DEVICES; ION EXCHANGE; OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM YIELD; RAMAN SCATTERING; SCATTERING; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78649706611     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp106453v     Document Type: Article

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