%0 Journal Article
%T Dual distributions for the metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes observed by Raman spectroscopy.
%A Krishnendu Bhattacharyya
%A Yoshiyuki Suda
%A Atsushi Okita
%A Takeshi Saito
%J Carbon : Science and Technology
%D 2008
%I Applied Science Innovations Private Limited
%X The prospective applicability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) is highly dependent on its controlled synthesis.Effects of few macroscopic growth-conditions (such as catalyst composition, temperature of deposition etc.) reflected on thedistributions of SWNT (diameter, chiralities and semiconducting-metallic nature), are studied by Raman spectroscopicanalysis. We report the presence of two different diameter distributions for as-grown metallic and semiconducting SWNT, themetallic tubes having larger average diameters than their semiconducting counterpart. We hope that, in future, it should bepossible to selectively synthesize SWNT with pre-determined chirality, diameter and metallic/semiconducting nature.
%K Single Walled Carbon Nanotube
%K Raman spectroscopy
%K Synthesis
%U http://www.applied-science-innovations.com/cst-web-site/cst-vol1-issue1/CST-2.pdf