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Inverted spectra of single-wall carbon nanotube films

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John H. Lehman, Katie Hurst, Lara Roberson, K. Nield, J. D. Hamlin

Abstract

We present absolute measurements of reflectance and absorbance for a purified single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) film. The absorbance spectrum of a SWCNT-laminated pyroelectric detector for wavelengths 0.6 - 2 υm is inverted when compared to absorbance data in the literature, which is typically inferred by reciprocity from transmissivity measured by a spectrophotometer. This surprising behavior has been corroborated by diffuse reflectance measurements and suggests that reflectance dominates absorption for wavelengths near excitonic transitions.
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume
112
Issue
31
Pub Type
Journals

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Citation

Lehman, J. , Hurst, K. , Roberson, L. , Nield, K. and Hamlin, J. (2008), Inverted spectra of single-wall carbon nanotube films, Journal of the American Chemical Society, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32838 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created July 10, 2008, Updated January 27, 2020
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