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Defect-induced vibrational response of multi-walled carbon nanotubes using resonance Raman spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2005

S.A. Curran ,
J.A. Talla ,
D. Zhang  and
D.L. Carroll
S.A. Curran*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001
J.A. Talla
Affiliation:
Physics Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001
D. Zhang
Affiliation:
Physics Department and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001
D.L. Carroll
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: shay@physics.nmsu.edu
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Abstract

We systematically introduced defects onto the body of multi-walled carbon nanotubes through an acid treatment, and the evolution of these defects was examined by Raman spectroscopy using different excitation wavelengths. The D and D′ modes are most prominent and responsive to defect formation caused by acid treatment and exhibit dispersive behavior upon changing the excitation wavelengths as expected from the double resonance Raman (DRR) mechanism. Several weaker Raman resonances including D″ and L1 (L2) + D′ modes were also observed at the lower excitation wavelengths (633 and 785 nm). In addition, specific structural defects including the typical pentagon-heptagon structure (Stone–Wales defects) were identified by Raman spectroscopy. In a closer analysis we also observed Haeckelite structures, specifically Ag mode response in R5,7 and O5,6,7.

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Raman spectroscopy
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 12 , December 2005 , pp. 3368 - 3373
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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