Phase controlled homodyne infrared near-field microscopy and spectroscopy reveal inhomogeneity within and among individual boron nitride nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3348-3354

  Xu, Xiaoji G ^a   Tanur, Adrienne E ^a   Walker, Gilbert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES (BNNTS); DIFFRACTION LIMITS; INFRARED SPECTRUM; INHOMOGENEITIES; NEAR FIELD MICROSCOPY; PRACTICAL METHOD; VIBRATIONAL MICROSCOPY;

BORON NITRIDE; DIFFRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HOMODYNE DETECTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SOURCES; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84876818369     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4008784     Document Type: Article

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