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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
The use of resonance Raman spectroscopy (RRS) to study and characterize single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is discussed, focusing on preliminary efforts for the development of the RRS to characterize defects in SWNTs. The disorder-induced D-band, disorder-induced peaks just above the first-order allowed graphite G-band, as well as the intermediate frequency modes (IFMs) appearing between the RBM and the D/G spectral region are addressed. RRS on nanographite ribbons and on a step-like defect in highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) sheds light into the problem of characterizing specific defects in nano-related carbons.