Dielectric constant model for environmental effects on the exciton energies of single wall carbon nanotubes

A. R.T. Nugraha, R. Saito, K. Sato, P. T. Araujo, A. Jorio, M. S. Dresselhaus

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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 languageEnglish
Article number091905
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume97
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010 Aug 30

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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