Article Title
Rayleigh scattering studies on inter-layer interactions in structure-defined individual double-wall carbon nanotubes
Keywords
inter-layer coupling, one-dimensional system, electronic properties, double-wall carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs), dielectric screening
Abstract
Although the inter-layer coupling in layered materials has attracted considerable interest due to its importance in determining physical properties of two- dimensional systems, studies on the inter-layer coupling in one-dimensional systems have so far been limited. Double-wall carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) are one of the most fundamental and ideal model systems to study the inter-layer coupling in one-dimensional systems. In this work, Rayleigh scattering spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy are used to characterize the electronic transition between inner-and outer-nanotubes of the exactly same individual DWCNT. We find that the inter-layer coupling is strong, leading to downshifts in most of the optical transition energies (up to ~0.2 eV) compared to isolated CNTs. We also find that the presence of metallic tubes lead to stronger shifts. The inter-layer screening of Coulomb interactions is one of the key factors in explaining the observed results.
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Publisher
Tsinghua University Press
Recommended Citation
Sihan Zhao,Tomoya Kitagawa,Yuhei Miyauchi,Kazunari Matsuda,Hisanori Shinohara,Ryo Kitaura, Rayleigh scattering studies on inter-layer interactions in structure-defined individual double-wall carbon nanotubes. NanoRes.2014, 7(10): 1548–1555
