Luminescence properties of individual empty and water-filled single-walled carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2649-2655

  Cambré, Sofie ^a,b,c   Santos, Silvia M ^b,c   Wenseleers, Wim ^a   Nugraha, Ahmad R T ^d   Saito, Riichiro ^d   Cognet, Laurent ^b,c   Lounis, Brahim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Laboratoire Photonique   (France)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; environmental effects; excitons; luminescence; single molecule spectroscopy; water filling

Indexed keywords

BIEXPONENTIAL; EFFECT OF WATER; EXCITON-PHONON COUPLINGS; INFLUENCE OF WATER; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; LUMINESCENCE LINES; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PL EXCITATIONS; PL SPECTRA; PL SPECTROSCOPY; RADIAL BREATHING MODE PHONONS; RADIATIVE LIFETIME; RED-SHIFTED; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; WATER FILLING;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXCITONS; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE OF INORGANIC SOLIDS; PHONONS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FILLING;

EID: 84859148905     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn300035y     Document Type: Article

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