Resonance Raman spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes: pressure effects on G-mode

We use 488 and 568 nm laser Raman spectroscopy under high pressure to selectively follow evolution of Raman G-mode signals of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) of selected diameters and chiralities ((6, 5) and (6, 4)). The G-mode pressure coefficients of tubes from our previous work are consistent with the thick-wall tube model. Here we report the observation of well-resolved G-minus peaks in the Raman spectrum of SWCNTs in a diamond-anvil cell. The pressure coefficients of these identified tubes in water, however, are unexpected, having the high value of over 9 cm^?1 GPa^?1 for the G-plus and the G-minus, and surprisingly the shift rates of the same tubes in hexane have clearly lower values. We also report an abrupt increase of G-minus peak width at about 4 GPa superposed on a continuous peak broadening with pressure.     

Raman scattering of light and IR absorption in carbon nanotubes

Raman light scattering and IR absorption spectra of samples containing multilayer carbon nanotubes in different stages of purification by the selective oxidation technique have been investigated. It was found that the Raman spectra of carbon nanotubes exhibit softening of the mode at 1582 cm⁻¹ corresponding to E _2g vibrations of graphite hexagons and a line at 120 cm⁻¹ due to the radial vibrations of nanotubes. In IR absorption spectra measured in the region of 0.07–0.3 eV, several sets of lines with a spacing of 15 meV (120 cm⁻¹) between lines of each group have been detected. We suggest that each group corresponds to electron transitions generating electron-hole pairs in semiconducting nanotubes and contains a phononless 00-line and its phonon replicas with spacing between them equal to the “breathing” mode energy of 120 cm⁻¹. Measurements of electric conductivity at a frequency of 9300 MHz indicate that, in addition to semiconducting nanotubes, the samples contain nanotubes with properties of a highly disordered semimetal. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 113, 1883–1891 (May 1998)     

Controlling growth and Raman spectra of individual suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were prepared with ethanol chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on SiO₂ flat and pillar-patterned Si substrates. The effect of CVD temperatures from 600 to 800 °C on SWNTs yields was investigated. By virtue of its unperturbed environment, an individual suspended SWNT grown between two different SiO₂ pillars provides a possibility to study the phonon band structure of SWNT itself at a single-nanotube level. Raman spectra of individual SWNTs grown between pillars were investigated systematically.     

The Fourier Raman spectra of HiPCO single-wall carbon nanotubes under high pressure

The Raman spectra of single-wall carbon semiconducting nanotubes of the HiPCO type were investigated upon excitation at 1.06 μm at pressures up to 3 GPa. A method of purification of the initial material from iron is proposed and the diffraction patterns of purified nanotubes are considered. The diameters and chiralities of the nanotubes manifesting themselves in the spectra are determined. Pressure dependences of the frequencies are obtained and the Gruneisen parameters and their relationship with interatomic interactions in nanotubes are discussed. Original Russian Text ? V.D. Blank, V.A. Ivdenko, A.S. Lobach, B.N. Mavrin, N.R. Serebryanaya, 2006, published in Optika i Spektroskopiya, 2006, Vol. 100, No. 2, pp. 282–289.     

Raman spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes

The use of Raman spectroscopy to reveal the remarkable structure and the unusual electronic and phonon properties of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is reviewed comprehensively. The various types of Raman scattering processes relevant to carbon nanotubes are reviewed, and the theoretical foundations for these topics are presented. The most common experimental techniques used to probe carbon nanotubes are summarized, followed by a review of the novel experimental findings for each of the features in the first order and second order Raman spectra for single wall carbon nanotubes. These results are presented and discussed in connection with theoretical considerations. Raman spectra for bundles of SWNTs, for SWNTs surrounded by various common wrapping agents, and for isolated SWNTs at the single nanotube level are reviewed. Some of the current research challenges facing the field are briefly summarized.     

Effect of plasma treatment on electrical conductivity and Raman spectra of carbon nanotubes

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were treated with a radio-frequency discharge. We found that MWCNTs showed opposite trends in electrical conductivity when treated with oxygen and hydrogen plasmas. MWCNTs showed enhanced electrical conductivity when placed at cathode with oxygen plasma treatment, whereas MWCNTs treated at positive column did not show such a trend. In contrast, the conductivity of MWCNTs dropped sharply with hydrogen plasma treatment. The measured conductivity trends of MWCNTs are correlated with observed Raman spectral shift. The possible mechanisms of the change in electrical conductivity in plasma-treated MWCNTs are discussed.     

Resonance Raman spectra of M-anions of metalloporphyrins

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 576–584, October, 1990.     

Raman spectra of polycrystalline bismuth titanate nanotubes

The Raman spectra of bismuth titanate Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ nanotubes synthesized by the template method on an Al₂O₃ membrane have been studied. The samples prepared represent an array of oriented ∼50-μm-long nanotubes with coalescing smooth walls. The nanotube wall thickness is varied from 20 to 50 nm, and the nanotube inside diameter is about 200 nm. The Raman spectra of the nanotubes demonstrate a broadening of the lines corresponding to the stretching and bending vibrations of TiO₆ octahedra. In the low-frequency spectral range corresponding to vibrations of Bi ions with respect to the oxygen octahedra, a transformation due to strong mechanical stresses generated during the formation of the nanotubes has been observed.     

Origin of the low-frequency band in Raman spectra of multi-walled carbon nanotubes synthesized by the CVD method

The origin of the low-frequency band (250–300 cm^?1) in the Raman spectra of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) produced by the CVD method has been studied. The studies performed by Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Auger spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy after chemical and thermal treatments allow the assumption that this band belongs to radial vibrations of carbon atoms in internal walls of MWCNTs.     

Measuring the uniaxial strain of individual single-wall carbon nanotubes: resonance Raman spectra of atomic-force-microscope modified single-wall nanotubes

Raman spectroscopy is used to measure the strain in individual single-wall carbon nanotubes, strained by manipulation with an atomic-force-microscope tip. Under strains varying from 0.06%-1.65%, the in-plane vibrational mode frequencies are lowered by as much as 1.5% (40 cm(-1)), while the radial breathing mode (RBM) remains unchanged. The RBM Stokes/anti-Stokes intensity ratio remains unchanged under strain. The elasticity of these strain deformations is demonstrated as the down-shifted Raman modes resume their prestrain frequencies after a nanotube is broken under excessive strain.     

Alignment characterization of single-wall carbon nanotubes by Raman scattering

A novel method for identifying the Raman modes of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) based on the symmetry of the vibration modes has been studied. The Raman intensity of each vibration mode varies with polarization direction, and the relationship can be expressed as analytical functions. This method avoids troublesome numerical calculation and easily gives clear relations between Raman intensity and polarization direction. In this way, one can distinguish each Raman-active mode of SWNT through the polarized Raman spectrum.     

Resonance Raman spectra of highly oriented trans polyacetylene

Resonant Raman spectra of highly oriented trans polyacetylene have been obtained for different scattering configurations at various exciting wavelengths. The polarization properties of the Raman active phonons have been determined for the first time. The changes in the Raman bandshapes observed upon changing the scattering configuration seem to imply that the dispersion of the Raman bands originates from a distribution of conjugation lengths.     

不同激发波长下单壁碳纳米管与多壁碳纳米管的拉曼光谱比较

对不同激发波长下单壁和多壁碳纳米管的激光拉曼光谱进行了比较。发现单壁碳纳米管D峰强度和G峰强度的比值(ID/IG)几乎不随激发光子能量的改变而变化,多壁碳纳米管ID/IG值随着激发光子能量的增加以斜率0 3/eV减小。并对此现象进行了初步的分析。此外,还发现在1064nm激发波长下,单壁和多壁碳纳米管2500-3500cm-1之间拉曼峰的相对强度随着入射激光功率的增加而增加。     

Surface‐enhanced Raman spectra of individual multiwalled carbon nanotubes with small innermost diameters

The Raman spectra of individual multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with the innermost diameters of 0.6–0.9 nm are studied by surface‐enhanced Raman scattering. The influences of small innermost diameters to Raman features are investigated. A clear and relatively sharp Raman peak appears at 1510 cm⁻¹ when the innermost diameter is close to 0.6 nm. Lorentzian fits of G band indicate that its splitting is affected by the small innermost diameter of MWCNT. Moreover, the splitting of 2iTO mode is also observed at 2800–3000 cm⁻¹. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Raman spectroscopy of graphene and carbon nanotubes

This paper reviews progress that has been made in the use of Raman spectroscopy to study graphene and carbon nanotubes. These are two nanostructured forms of sp² carbon materials that are of major current interest. These nanostructured materials have attracted particular attention because of their simplicity, small physical size and the exciting new science they have introduced. This review focuses on each of these materials systems individually and comparatively as prototype examples of nanostructured materials. In particular, this paper discusses the power of Raman spectroscopy as a probe and a characterization tool for sp² carbon materials, with particular emphasis given to the field of photophysics. Some coverage is also given to the close relatives of these sp² carbon materials, namely graphite, a three-dimensional (3D) material based on the AB stacking of individual graphene layers, and carbon nanoribbons, which are one-dimensional (1D) planar structures, where the width of the ribbon is on the nanometer length scale. Carbon nanoribbons differ from carbon nanotubes is that nanoribbons have edges, whereas nanotubes have terminations only at their two ends.     

Doping in carbon nanotubes probed by Raman and transport measurements

In situ Raman experiments together with transport measurements have been carried out on carbon nanotubes as a function of gate voltage. In metallic tubes, a large increase in the Raman frequency of the G(-) band, accompanied by a substantial decrease of its linewidth, is observed with electron or hole doping. In addition, we see an increase in the Raman frequency of the G(+) band in semiconducting tubes. These results are quantitatively explained using ab initio calculations that take into account effects beyond the adiabatic approximation. Our results imply that Raman spectroscopy can be used as an accurate measure of the doping of both metallic and semiconducting nanotubes.     

Plasmon‐enhanced Raman scattering by suspended carbon nanotubes

We report plasmon‐enhanced Raman scattering of the order of 10³ by a metallic carbon nanotube partially suspended inside a near‐field cavity. The tube is part of a small bundle, and is interfaced with an Au nanodisc dimer using a recently developed assembly scheme based on dielectrophoretic deposition. Spatially resolved Raman measurements with two excitation wavelengths and two orthogonal polarizations confirm that the enhancement arises from a 65 nm long suspended tube segment. We show that the orientation of the tube inside the cavity can be as effective for generating enhancement as placing the nanotube precisely in a plasmonic hotspot. Position and shape of the G‐peak show that the suspended part of the tube is free of strain and doped with a Fermi energy shift ≤40 meV. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Auger and emission spectra of carbon nanotubes

The Auger and x-ray emission spectra of carbon nanotubes are calculated by the FP-LMTO method. The computed spectra for nanotubes are compared to the analogous spectra for a graphite monolayer, which is used as a test object, and to the experimental curves for graphite. It is concluded that the Auger-characteristic emission can be used to identify carbon nanotubes. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 1511–1514 (August 1999)