Raman spectroscopy on isolated single wall carbon nanotubes

• Published in: Carbon Vol. 40; no. 12; pp. 2043 - 2061
• Main Authors: Dresselhaus, M.S., Dresselhaus, G., Jorio, A., Souza Filho, A.G., Saito, R.
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 2002; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties; Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films and low-dimensional structures; Electronic structure of nanoscale materials : clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanocrystals; Exact sciences and technology; Lattice dynamics; Nanotubes; Optical properties and condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of matter with particles and radiation; Optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale materials and structures; Phonons in low-dimensional structures and small particles; Physics; Raman spectroscopy; Single wall carbon nanotubes; Raman spectroscopy; Single wall carbon nanotubes; Polarization; Raman spectra; Band structure; Metallic conduction; Line shape; Resonance Raman scattering; Carbon nanotubes; Electron-phonon interactions; Electronic density of states; Experimental study; Electronic structure; singlewalled nanotube; Chirality; Size effect; Phonon mode; Semiconductivity
• ISSN: 0008-6223; 1873-3891
• DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(02)00066-0

A review is presented on the resonance Raman spectra from one isolated single wall carbon nanotube. The reasons why it is possible to observe the spectrum from only one nanotube are given and the important structural information that is provided by single nanotube spectroscopy is discussed. Emphasis is given to the new physics revealed by the various phonon features found in the single nanotube spectra and their connection to spectra observed for single wall nanotube bundles. The implications of this work on single wall carbon nanotube research generally are also indicated.