Raman 2D-band splitting in graphene: Theory and experiment

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2231-2239

  Frank, Otakar ^a,b   Mohr, Marcel ^c   Maultzsch, Janina ^c   Thomsen, Christian ^c   Riaz, Ibtsam ^d   Jalil, Rashid ^d   Novoselov, Kostya S ^d   Tsoukleri, Georgia ^a   Parthenios, John ^a   Papagelis, Konstantinos ^a,e   Kavan, Ladislav ^b   Galiotis, Costas ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^b J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

2D mode; graphene; Raman spectroscopy; tensile strain

Indexed keywords

2D MODE; APPLIED STRAIN; APPLIED STRESS; BAND SPLITTING; DOUBLE RESONANCE; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; INCIDENT LIGHT; RAMAN SIGNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

GRAPHENE; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

TENSILE STRAIN;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 79952937849     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn103493g     Document Type: Article

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