Raman doping profiles of polyelectrolyte SWNTs in solution

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 9892-9897

  Dragin, Fabienne ^a,d   Pénicaud, Alain ^b   Iurlo, Matteo ^c   Marcaccio, Massimo ^c   Paolucci, Francesco ^c   Anglaret, Eric ^d   Martel, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

doping profile; dynamical screening; polyelectrolyte; Raman spectroscopy; redox potential; single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

DOPING PROFILES; DYNAMICAL SCREENING; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL; FREE CARRIERS; INTENSITY PROFILES; OPTICAL GAP; RADIAL BREATHING MODE; RAMAN SIGNAL; REDOX POTENTIAL; RESONANCE RAMAN; SEMI-CONDUCTING NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON;

CHARGE TRANSFER; POLYELECTROLYTES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REDOX REACTIONS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROPLATING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84555169109     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203591j     Document Type: Article

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