| Title: | Valence excitations in individual single-wall carbon nanotubes |
| Author: | Stöckli, Thomas ; Bonard, Jean-Marc ; Châtelain, André ; Wang, Z. L. (Zhong Lin) ; Stadelmann, Pierre |
| Abstract: | We report on measurements of the plasmon losses of individual single-wall carbon nanotubes by electron energy-loss spectroscopy in a high-resolution transmission electron microscope. The experimental data are compared to simulated excitation probabilities calculated using the hydrodynamic theory of the interaction between a probe electron and a two-dimensional quasifree electron gas confined on a cylindrical shell. Depending on the nanotube geometry, the first- or the second-order oscillation mode dominates the loss spectrum. The resonance energy of the dominant resonance mode is found to depend on the radius of the nanotube. |
| Description: |
©2002 American Institute of Physics. The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://link.aip.org/link/?APPLAB/80/2982/1 DOI:10.1063/1.1469685 |
| Type: | Article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/27104 |
| ISSN: | 0003-6951 |
| Citation: | Applied Physics Letters, 80 (2002) 2982-2984 |
| Date: | 2002-04-22 |
| Contributor: |
Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Materials Science and Engineering
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Département de physique École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Institut de physique expérimentale École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Centre interdépartemental de microscopie electronique |
| Publisher: |
Georgia Institute of Technology
American Institute of Physics |
| Subject: |
Carbon nanotubes
Electron energy loss spectra Surface plasmons Transmission electron microscopy Electron gas |
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