Experimental determination of excitonic band structures of single-walled carbon nanotubes using circular dichroism spectra

Xiaojun Wei, Takeshi Tanaka, Yohei Yomogida, Naomichi Sato, Riichiro Saito and Hiromichi Kataura ()
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Xiaojun Wei: Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Takeshi Tanaka: Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Yohei Yomogida: Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Naomichi Sato: Tohoku University
Riichiro Saito: Tohoku University
Hiromichi Kataura: Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Experimental band structure analyses of single-walled carbon nanotubes have not yet been reported, to the best of our knowledge, except for a limited number of reports using scanning tunnelling spectroscopy. Here we demonstrate the experimental determination of the excitonic band structures of single-chirality single-walled carbon nanotubes using their circular dichroism spectra. In this analysis, we use gel column chromatography combining overloading selective adsorption with stepwise elution to separate 12 different single-chirality enantiomers. Our samples show higher circular dichroism intensities than the highest values reported in previous works, indicating their high enantiomeric purity. Excitonic band structure analysis is performed by assigning all observed Eii and Eij optical transitions in the circular dichroism spectra. The results reproduce the asymmetric structures of the valence and conduction bands predicted by density functional theory. Finally, we demonstrate that an extended empirical formula can estimate Eij optical transition energies for any (n,m) species.

Date: 2016
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