锂电材料测试 Optical Properties and Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes FROM CARBON NANOTUBES TOPICS.pdf

Optical Properties and Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes Riichiro Saito1 and Hiromichi Kataura2 1 Department of Electronic-Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications 1-5-1, Chofu-gaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan rsaito@tube.ee.uec.ac.jp 2 Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University 1-1 Minami-Ohsawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan kataura@phys.metro-u.ac.jp Abstract. The optical properties and the resonance Raman spectroscopy of single wall carbon nanotubes are reviewed. Because of the unique van Hove singulari- ties in the electronic density of states, resonant Raman spectroscopy has provided diameter-selective observation of carbon nanotubes from a sample containing nano- tubes with different diameters. The electronic and phonon structure of single wall carbon nanotubes are reviewed, based on both theoretical considerations and spec- troscopic measurements. The quantum properties of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) depend on the diameter and chirality ,which is defined by the indices (n, m) [1 2]. Chirality is a term used to specify a nanotube structure ,which does not have mirror symmetry. The synthesis of a SWNT sample with a single chirality is an ultimate objective for carbon nanotube physics and material science re- search ,but this is still difficult to achieve with present synthesis techniques. On the other hand ,the diameter of SWNTs can now be controlled signifi- cantly by changing the furnace growth temperature and catalysts [3 4 5 6]. Thus ,a mixture of SWNTs with different chiralities ,but with a small range of nanotube diameters is the best sample that can be presently obtained. Resonance Raman spectroscopy provides a powerful tool to investigate the geometry of SWNTs for such samples and we show here that metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes can be se