Title :
Optical studies of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes under axial strain
Author :
Wu, Yang ; Huang, Mingyuan ; Voisin, Christophe ; Yan, Hugen ; Chandra, Bhupesh ; Hone, James ; Heinz, Tony F.
Author_Institution :
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, 10027, USA
Abstract :
The effect of axial strain on individual single-walled carbon nanotubes has been investigated experimentally. Changes in the optical transition energies reflect both the nature of the transition being probed and crystallographic structure of the nanotube.
Keywords :
Capacitive sensors; Carbon nanotubes; Nanostructures; Optical scattering; Raman scattering; Rayleigh scattering; Spectroscopy; Strain control; Strain measurement; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431128
