Submitted to the NANOTUBE'05 Conference: Photoluminescence from SWNTs and DWNTs dispersed in saccharide solution Takashi Shimada1 , Yuhei Miyauchi1 , Toshiki Sugai2,3 , Hisanori Shinohara2,3, and Shigeo Maruyama1 1The University of Tokyo 2Nagoya University 3CREST, JST Contact e-mail: [email protected] Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy is a powerful tool to investigate the chirali...

Bifunctional magnetic and fluorescent core/shell/shell Mn:ZnS/ZnS/Fe3O4 nanocrystals were synthesized in a basic aqueous solution using 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) as a capping ligand. The structural and optical properties of the heterostructures were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-vis spectroscopy and phot...

Two new mesogenic monomers, namely 3,3’-dimethoxy-4,4’di(hydroxyhexoxy)-N-benzylidene-o-Tolidine (Ia) and 4,4’-di(6-hydroxyhexoxy)-Nbenzylidene-o-Tolidine (IIa), were reacted with cadmium sulfide (CdS) via an in situ chemical precipitation method in ethanol to produce CdS nanocomposites. A series of different mass compositions of CdS with Ia and IIa ranging from 0.1:1.0 to 1.0:1.0 (w/w) were pr...

We studied exciton structures and the Aharonov-Bohm effect in a single carbon nanotube using micro-photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy under a magnetic field at low temperatures. A single sharp PL peak from the bright exciton state of a single carbon nanotube was observed under zero magnetic field, and the additional PL of dark exciton state appeared below the bright exciton peak under high mag...

We report detailed studies of the photoluminescence ~PL! properties of CdSe quantum dots ~QDs! grown on ZnSe and Zn0.97Be0.03Se by molecular-beam epitaxy. We performed steady-state and time-resolved PL measurements and observed that nonradiative processes dominate at room temperature ~RT! in the CdSe/Zn0.97Be0.03Se QD structures while these nonradiative processes do not dominate in the CdSe/ZnS...

We report a treatment that enhances and stabilizes the photoluminescence (PL) from porous Si films. Films prepared by anodization in a 50% HF/ethanol solution were annealed at 450 “C! in vacuum, exposed to air, and then exposed to a remote-hydrogen plasma. Infrared absorption spectroscopy revealed that the concentration of oxygen, rather than hydrogen, was increased by the processing steps, and...

We have studied the origin of strong visible photoluminescence ~PL! in a Ge/porous Si ~PS! structure in terms of infrared spectroscopy and electron spin resonance ~ESR!. Spectral analyses indicate that the enhanced PL cannot arise from both the quantum confinement on Ge nanocrystals embedded in the pores and the chemical compound of Ge, O, and H at the surface of the porous Si formed during Ge ...

Monolayer 2D MoS2 grown by chemical vapor deposition is nanopatterned into nanodots, nanorods, and hexagonal nanomesh using block copolymer (BCP) lithography. The detailed atomic structure and nanoscale geometry of the nanopatterned MoS2 show features down to 4 nm with nonfaceted etching profiles defined by the BCP mask. Atomic resolution annular dark field scanning transmission electron micros...

We report on the unusual behaviors of the optical properties for self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QDs) by using photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Distinctive double-emission QD peaks are observed in the PL spectra of the samples grown on high growth-temperature condition. From the excitation power-dependent and temperature-dependent PL measurements, these doubleemission peaks are assoc...

Nano-sized ZnO particles of specific morphology were synthesized using the plant leaf extracts of Aloe vera. The structures, morphology, optical properties, surface area and thermal behavior of these fabricated ZnO nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Ultravioletvisible spectroscopy (UV-vis), Photoluminescence (PL)/flourescence spectro...