Abstract
The excitonic optical transition energies Eii of single wall carbon nanotubes, that are modified by surrounding materials around the tubes (known as the environmental effect), can be reproduced by defining a dielectric constant κ which depends on the subband index, nanotube diameter, and exciton size. The environmental effects on excitons can be recognized on a plot of the functional form of κ simply by the different linear slopes obtained for different samples. This treatment should be very useful for calculating Eii for any type of nanotube environment, hence providing an accurate assignment of many nanotube (n,m) chiralities.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 091905 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 97 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Aug 30 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)