Polarized light microscopy and spectroscopy of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 788-794

  Lefebvre, Jacques ^a   Finnie, Paul ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

absorption; Carbon nanotube; homodyne; luminescence; microscopy; polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961029330     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0135-8     Document Type: Article

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