Intensity-dependent exciton dynamics of (6,5) single-walled carbon nanotubes: Momentum selection rules, diffusion, and nonlinear interactions

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 9898-9906

  Harrah, D Mark ^a,b   Schneck, Jude R ^b,c   Green, Alexander A ^d   Hersam, Mark C ^e,f   Ziegler, Lawrence D ^b,c   Swan, Anna K ^a,b,c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Northwestern University   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion; single walled carbon nanotubes pump probe

Indexed keywords

AUGER DE-EXCITATION; DELAY TIME; DIFFUSION CONSTANT; EXCITON DYNAMICS; FLUENCES; INTENSITY-DEPENDENT; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; POPULATION RELAXATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PUMP INTENSITIES; PUMP-PROBE SIGNALS; PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; SELECTION RULES; SINGLE EXCITONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL; SUB-BANDS; ZERO-MOMENTUM;

CARBON; DEFECT DENSITY; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; EXCITONS; PROBES; PUMPS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENERGY TRANSFER; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER;

EID: 84555163609     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203604v     Document Type: Article

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