Fundamental optical processes in armchair carbon nanotubes

dc.citation.firstpage1411en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleNanoscaleen_US
dc.citation.lastpage1439en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber5en_US
dc.contributor.authorHaroz, Erik H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDuque, Juan G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTu, Xiaominen_US
dc.contributor.authorZheng, Mingen_US
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Angela R. Highten_US
dc.contributor.authorHauge, Robert H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDoorn, Stephen K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKono, Junichiroen_US
dc.contributor.orgRichard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-20T19:31:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-03-21T05:10:10Zen_US
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractSingle-wall carbon nanotubes provide ideal model one-dimensional (1-D) condensed matter systems in which to address fundamental questions in many-body physics, while, at the same time, they are leading candidates for building blocks in nanoscale optoelectronic circuits. Much attention has been recently paid to their optical properties, arising from 1-D excitons and phonons, which have been revealed via photoluminescence, Raman scattering, and ultrafast optical spectroscopy of semiconducting carbon nanotubes. On the other hand, dynamical properties of metallic nanotubes have been poorly explored, although they are expected to provide a novel setting for the study of electronヨhole pairs in the presence of degenerate 1-D electrons. In particular, (n,n)-chirality, or armchair, metallic nanotubes are truly gapless with massless carriers, ideally suited for dynamical studies of TomonagaヨLuttinger liquids. Unfortunately, progress towards such studies has been slowed by the inherent problem of nanotube synthesis whereby both semiconducting and metallic nanotubes are produced. Here, we use post-synthesis separation methods based on density gradient ultracentrifugation and DNA-based ion-exchange chromatography to produce aqueous suspensions strongly enriched in armchair nanotubes. Through resonant Raman spectroscopy of the radial breathing mode phonons, we provide macroscopic and unambiguous evidence that density gradient ultracentrifugation can enrich ensemble samples in armchair nanotubes. Furthermore, using conventional, optical absorption spectroscopy in the nearinfrared and visible range, we show that interband absorption in armchair nanotubes is strongly excitonic. Lastly, by examining the G-band mode in Raman spectra, we determine that observation of the broad, lower frequency (G!) feature is a result of resonance with non-armchair “metallic” nanotubes. These !ndings regarding the fundamental optical absorption and scattering processes in metallic carbon nanotubes lay the foundation for further spectroscopic studies to probe many-body physical phenomena in one dimension.en_US
dc.embargo.terms1 yearen_US
dc.identifier.citationHaroz, Erik H., Duque, Juan G., Tu, Xiaomin, et al.. "Fundamental optical processes in armchair carbon nanotubes." <i>Nanoscale,</i> 5, (2013) The Royal Society of Chemistry: 1411-1439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2nr32769d.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2nr32769den_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/70795en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherThe Royal Society of Chemistryen_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.titleFundamental optical processes in armchair carbon nanotubesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
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