Low-frequency Raman and Brillouin spectroscopy from graphite, diamond and diamond-like carbons, fullerenes and nanotubes.
Inelastic light scattering by acoustic phonons (Brillouin scattering) is a useful tool for probing material properties at the submicrometre scale. In media which are statistically homogeneous at this scale, it gives access to the acoustic properties and the elastic moduli. In nanostructures it probes the vibrational properties at the mesoscopic scale. Applications to carbonaceous materials are reviewed.
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Nuclear Engineering Department and NEMAS Center, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio 34/3, 20133 Milan, Italy. marco.beghi@polimi.it
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D000162:Acoustics; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D018130:Diamond / Q000737:chemistry*; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*; D010825:Physics / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*
D037741:Fullerenes; D002244:Carbon; D018130:Diamond; D006108:Graphite