Determination of the diameter distribution of single-wall carbon nanotubes from the Raman G-band using an artificial neural network

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2005 Feb;5(2):204-8. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2005.025.

Abstract

A novel, artificial neural network-based method is now available for obtaining the mean diameter of single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) samples from the diameter dispersive features of their Raman G-band. The method is demonstrated here for six different diameter SWCNT samples and 14 different excitation wavelengths. With an adequately large pool of standard nanotube samples, the suggested method is a useful complementary technique for SWCNT diameter analysis as it is capable of rapid diameter evaluation without prior knowledge of the relevant phonon dispersion relations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Artificial Intelligence*
  • Carbon / chemistry*
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Nanotechnology / methods
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
  • Neural Networks, Computer*
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman*

Substances

  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Carbon