title: (n,m) Assignments of Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Raman Spectroscopy: The Importance of Electronic Raman Scattering.
abstract: In this work, we report an accurate and convenient method that can be used to assign the chirality of all metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes (M-SWNTs). This method is designed based on the electronic Raman scattering (ERS) features, which are resonantly enhanced at the corresponding excitonic transition energies (Mii+and Mii-). Using this method, we are able to accurately determine the electronic property Miiwith the resolution of a vibrational Raman spectroscopy (∼0.3 meV), which is significantly higher than that of the electronic spectroscopies (∼3 meV). We use the Miisplitting value, which is found insensitive to environmental changes, as a universal criteria for (n,m) assignments in various environments. As an illustrative example, simply using a commercialized Raman spectrometer with two laser lines (1.959 and 2.330 eV), we are able to unambiguously assign 18 metallic chiralities with M11in the 1.6-2.3 eV range in our samples. This method provides an accurate database of Mii's in a similar way as photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy does for Sii's. It can facilitate further systematic studies on the properties of M-SWNTs with defined chirality.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Daqi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5502-9351
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Meihui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3828-8340
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: Mii splitting; chirality assignments; electronic Raman scattering; resonant Raman spectroscopy; single-walled carbon nanotubes