Raman spectroscopy on one isolated carbon nanotube

The use of Raman spectroscopy to elucidate the vibrational and electronic structure of single wall carbon nanotubes is reviewed. The special role played by single nanotube spectroscopy in the (n,m) structural characterization of individual nanotubes and in the elucidation of the spectra of nanotube bundles is emphasized. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.