Photoluminescence of carbon nanotubes
Most significant innovations. Materials and chemistry

Nicolas IZARD, CNRS Research Fellow, Charles Coulomb Laboratory, University of Montpellier

Jean-Sébastien LAURET, University Professor, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay

Éric ANGLARET, University Professor, Charles Coulomb Laboratory, University of Montpellier

Single-leaf carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have original physical properties due to their composition – they consist solely of carbon atoms – and their low dimensionality. As far as their optical properties are concerned, semiconducting SWNTs emit light in the near infrared – they are known as photoluminescent or fluorescent – at wavelengths that depend on their structure and dielectric environment.

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