Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Extreme Nanowires and Other 1D SystemsDavid C. Smith 1, Joseph H. Spencer 1, Jeremy Sloan 2, Liam P. McDonnell 1, Harrison Trewhitt 2, Reza J. Kashtiban 2, Eric Faulques 3
1School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, 2Department of Physics, University of Warwick, 3Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, University of Nantes CNRS
The paper describes a method for producing extreme nanowires by melt infiltration into carbon nanotubes and how 1D systems may be characterized and investigated using Resonance Raman Spectroscopy to determine vibrational and optical excitation energies.