Bright visible emission from carbon nanotubes spatially constrained on a micro-bubble Export

@article{citeulike:4630520, abstract = {We report emission of broadband light in the spectral range 500 nm - 900 nm from single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in a liquid environment upon irradiance by a very low power (typically <5 mW), continuous-wave laser source in a tweezers setup. We show (i) formation of micro-bubbles upon irradiation of fluids containing bundles of SWNTs, (ii) optical trapping of such micro-bubbles, (iii) adhesion of SWNTs on the surface of such micro-bubbles, and (iv) bright emission of white light due to tweezer-induced localized heating of spatially-constrained SWNTs.}, author = {Ramanandan, Gopika and Dharmadhikari, A. K. and Dharmadhikari, J. A. and Ramachandran, Hema and Mathur, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {4630520}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.009614}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=180095}, day = {8}, doi = {10.1364/OE.17.009614}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {bubbles, carbon, citedby2, microparticles, nanotubes, visible}, month = {June}, number = {12}, pages = {9614--9619}, posted-at = {2009-06-22 04:34:14}, priority = {3}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Bright visible emission from carbon nanotubes spatially constrained on a micro-bubble}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.009614}, volume = {17}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4630520 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4630520 N2 - We report emission of broadband light in the spectral range 500 nm - 900 nm from single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in a liquid environment upon irradiance by a very low power (typically <5 mW), continuous-wave laser source in a tweezers setup. We show (i) formation of micro-bubbles upon irradiation of fluids containing bundles of SWNTs, (ii) optical trapping of such micro-bubbles, (iii) adhesion of SWNTs on the surface of such micro-bubbles, and (iv) bright emission of white light due to tweezer-induced localized heating of spatially-constrained SWNTs. IS - 12 JF - Opt. Express EP - 9619 TI - Bright visible emission from carbon nanotubes spatially constrained on a micro-bubble PB - OSA VL - 17 SP - 9614 KW - bubbles KW - carbon KW - citedby2 KW - microparticles KW - nanotubes KW - visible AU - Ramanandan, Gopika AU - Dharmadhikari, AK AU - Dharmadhikari, JA AU - Ramachandran, Hema AU - Mathur, D PY - 2009/06/08/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.009614 ER -