Phonon-assisted excitonic recombination channels observed in DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes using photoluminescence spectroscopy

Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Apr 1;94(12):127402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.127402. Epub 2005 Apr 1.

Abstract

By using a sample of DNA-wrapped single-wall carbon nanotubes strongly enriched in the (6,5) nanotube, photoluminescence emissions observed at special excitation energy values were identified with specific mechanisms of phonon-assisted excitonic absorption and recombination processes associated with (6,5) nanotubes, including one-phonon, two-phonon, and some continuous-luminescence processes. Such detailed processes are not separately identified in three-dimensional semiconducting materials. A general theoretical framework is presented to interpret the experimentally observed phonon-assisted processes in terms of excitonic states.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA / chemistry*
  • Luminescent Measurements / methods*
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*

Substances

  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • DNA