Raman Spectroscopy In Graphene Related Systems

Recent work has shown that Raman spectroscopy has potential to become one of the most important tools for nanoscience and nanometrology, i.e. for standardization and industrial quality of goods based on nanoscience. However, Raman spectroscopy is perceived as being too complicated for a non-specialist. This book is aimed to be a pedagogic reference to educate the community on how they can use Raman spectroscopy to study and characterize nanostructured materials. It will drive students, researchers and engineers towards the development of future research and applications of new forms of carbon as well as the use of Raman spectroscopy for nanometrology of carbon nanotubes, nanographite and graphene.

Ado Jorio is a Professor in the Physics Dept. of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where he also earned his PhD, in 1999. His Post-doctoral research was done at MIT, USA, where his collaboration with the Dresselhaus group and with Professor Saito started. He has authored and co-authored several book chapters and books on carbon science and has been active in science policy in Latin America.

Mildred Dresselhaus received her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1958 and started research on carbon science in 1960 with Gene Dresselhaus while working at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. She has been an MIT professor since 1967, and started working with Riichiro Saito in 1991 and with Ado Jorio since 2000.

Riichiro Saito received PhD degree from the University of Tokyo in 1985. After being a Research Associate at the University of Tokyo in 1985 and an Associate Professor at the University of Electro-Communication in Tokyo in 1990, he became Professor at Tohoku University in Sendai since 2003.

Gene F. Dresselhaus received his PhD degree from the University on California, Berkeley under the supervision of Charles Kittel. He has actively worked on a variety of problems in condensed matter physics. He has taught courses in condensed matter physics at the University of Chicago and at Cornell University. He currently holds a Research appointment at MIT and jointly leads a research group at the MIT Center for Materials Science and Engineering which studies graphite intercalation compounds, fullerenes, graphene, and carbon nanotubes. He has Co-authored or Co-edited six books on Carbon Science.

Preface.

Part One Materials Science and Raman Spectroscopy Background.

1 The sp² Nanocarbons: Prototypes for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

2 Electrons in sp² Nanocarbons.

3 Vibrations in sp² Nanocarbons.

4 Raman Spectroscopy: From Graphite to sp² Nanocarbons.

5 Quantum Description of Raman Scattering.

6 Symmetry Aspects and Selection Rules: Group Theory.

Part Two Detailed Analysis of Raman Spectroscopy in Graphene Releated Systems.

7 The G-band and time-Independent Perturbations.

8 The G-band and the Time-Dependent Perturbations.

9 Resonance Raman Scattering: Experimental Observations of the Radial Breathing Mode.

10 Theory of Excitons in Carbon Nanotubes.

11 Tight-Binding Method for Calculating Raman Spectra.

12 Dispersive G'-band and Higher-Order Processes:the Double Resonance Process.

13 Disorder Effects in the Raman Spectra of sp² Carbons.

14 Summary of Raman on sp² Nanocarbons

Refereces.

Index..