Observation of breathing-like modes in an individual multiwalled carbon nanotube

Nano Lett. 2010 Nov 10;10(11):4470-4. doi: 10.1021/nl102305a. Epub 2010 Oct 13.

Abstract

We study collective vibrational breathing modes in the Raman spectrum of a multiwalled carbon nanotube. In correlation with high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, we find that these modes have energies differing by more than 23% from the radial breathing modes of the corresponding single-walled nanotubes. This shift in energy is explained with intershell interactions using a model of coupled harmonic oscillators. The strength of this interaction is related to the coupling strength expected for few-layer graphene.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Light
  • Materials Testing
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / ultrastructure*
  • Particle Size
  • Porosity
  • Scattering, Radiation

Substances

  • Nanotubes, Carbon