FACULTES UNIVERSITAIRES

NOTRE-DAME DE LA PAIX

NAMUR, BELGIUM

 Valentin Popov's Nanotube Project

 

 

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NATO ASI

Carbon Nanotubes

21-31 May 2005

Bulgaria

 

 

NATO CRG, SRF, and CLG

 

 

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MAIN TOPICS OF THE PROJECT

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

COLLABORATION

 

 

MAIN TOPICS OF THE PROJECT

 

NANOTUBE STRUCTURE

                   Optimized structure

                                       Optimization parameters

 

ELECTRONS IN NANOTUBES

                   Theory of electrons in nanotubes

                                       Zone-folding method

                                       Symmetry-adapted tight-binding model

 

                   Electronic band structure

                                       Comparative study

                           

                   Optical absorption  

                                       Dielectric function

                                       Effective mass of the optical transitions

                                       Electron-photon matrix element

                                       Resonance Chart

 

                   Photoluminescence

                             …

PHONONS IN NANOTUBES

                   Lattice dynamics of nanotubes

                                       Zone-folding method

                                       Symmetry-adapted force-constant model

                                       Tight-binding approach

 

                   Phonon dispersion

                                       Phonon dispersion of graphene

                                       Comparative study; Kohn anomaly

 

                   Zone-center phonons

                                       Symmetry species

                                       Phonon frequencies

                                       Phonon eigenvectors

 

                   Elastic properties

                                       Linear elastic properties

                                       Young's, shear, and bulk moduli

 

                   Thermal properties

                                       Specific heat

                                       Low-temperature specific heat

 

                   Thermal conductivity

                             …

ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS

                   First-order Raman scattering

                                       Raman scattering intensity 

                   Radial-breading mode (RBM)

                                       Resonance Raman profile (RRP)

                                       Approximation of the RRP

                                       Electron-phonon matrix element

                                       Comparison between the approx. schemes

                                       Maximum Raman intensity chart

                                       Java applet for the RBM Raman spectrum

                                       Tabulated values (PRB 72 (2005) 035436)

 

                   A1 G-band modes

                                        Resonance Raman profile (RRP)

                                        Approximation of the RRP

                                        Raman intensity amplitude

                                        Fitting expressions (PRB 73 (2006) 165425)

 

                   Impurity-induced Raman scattering

                                        D band

 

                   Second-order Raman scattering

                                        D* band 

 

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Papers in journals 

2009

V. N. Popov, L. Henrard, and Ph. Lambin, Theoretical Raman spectra of graphene with point defects, Carbon 47 (2009) 2448-2455.

2008

A. Débarre, M. Kobylko, A. M. Bonnot, A. Richard, V. N. Popov, L. Henrard, and M. Kociak, Electronic and Mechanical Coupling of Carbon Nanotubes: A Tunable Resonant Raman Study of Systems with Known Structures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) 197403.

2007

T. Michel, M. Paillet, J.C. Meyer, V. N. Popov, L. Henrard, and J.-L. Sauvajol, E33 and E44 optical transitions in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes: Electron diffraction and Raman experiments, Phys. Rev. B 75 (2007) 155432/1-5.

A. Jungen, V. N. Popov, C. Stampfer, L. Durrer, S. Stoll, and C. Hierold, Raman intensity mapping of single-walled carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 75 (2007) 041405(R)/1-4.

2006

H. Rauf, T. Pichler, R. Pfeiffer, F. Simon, H. Kuzmany, and V. N. Popov, A Raman study of potassium-intercalated double-wall carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 74 (2006) 235419/1-10.

V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, Intraband electron-phonon scattering in single-walled carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 74 (2006) 075415.

M. Paillet, T. Michel, J. C. Meyer, V. N. Popov, L. Henrard, S. Roth, and J.-L. Sauvajol, Raman-active phonons of identified semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 257401.

V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, Resonant Raman intensity of the totally symmetric phonons of single-walled carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 73 (2006) 165425/1-11.

V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, Radius and chirality dependence of the radial-breathing mode and the G-band phonon modes of single-walled carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 73 (2006) 085407/1-9.

Philippe Lambin and Valentin N. Popov, Carbon Nanotubes: Electronic Structure and Physical Properties, in The Encyclopedia of Materials, Science and Technology, 2006 Online Update, Elsevier Ltd, doi:10.1016/B0-08-043152-6/02129-X.

2005

V. N. Popov and M. Balkanski, Lattice dynamics of carbon nanotubes, in: Current Topics in Physics. In Honor of Sir Roger J. Elliott. R. A. Barrio & K. K. Kaski (Eds.), Imperial College Press, 2005, 113-150.

V. N. Popov, L. Henrard, and Ph. Lambin, Electron-phonon and electron-photon interactions and resonant Raman scattering from the radial-breathing mode of single-walled carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 72 (2005) 035436/1-10.

R. Pfeiffer, F. Simon, H. Kuzmany, and V. N. Popov, Fine structure of the radial breathing mode of double-wall carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 72 (2005) 161404(R)/1-4.

V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, Electronic and Vibrational Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Bulg. J. Phys., Bulg. J. Phys. 25 (2005) 237-256.

2004

Z. M. Li, V. N. Popov, and Z. K. Tang, A symmetry-adapted force-constant lattice-dynamical model for single-walled carbon nanotubes, Solid State Commun. 130 (2004) 657-661.

V. N. Popov, Carbon nanotubes: properties and application, Mater. Science Eng. R43 (2004) 61-102.

V. N. Popov, Curvature effects on the structural, electronic and optical properties of isolated single-walled carbon nanotubes within a symmetry-adapted non-orthogonal tight-binding model, New Journal of Physics 6 (2004) 17/1-17.

V. N. Popov and L. Henrard, Comparative study of the optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes within orthogonal and non-orthogonal tight-binding models, Phys. Rev. B 70 (2004) 115407/1-12.

R. Pfeiffer, Ch. Kramberger, F. Simon, H. Kuzmany, V. N. Popov, and H. Kataura, Interaction between Inner and Outer Tubes in DWCNTs, Eur. Phys. J. B 42 (2004) 345-350.

V. N. Popov, L. Henrard, and Ph. Lambin, Resonant Raman intensity of the radial breathing mode of single-walled carbon nanotubes within a non-orthogonal tight-binding model, Nano Letters 4 (2004) 1795-1799.

2003

V. N. Popov, Lattice dynamics of single-walled boron nitride nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 67 (2003) 085408/1-6.

2002

V. N. Popov and L. Henrard, Breathinglike phonon modes in multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 65 (2002) 235415/1-6.

V. N. Popov, Low-temperature specific heat of nanotube systems, Phys. Rev. B 66 (2002) 153408/1-4.

2001

V. N. Popov and L. Henrard, Evidence for the existence of two breathinglike phonon modes in infinite bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 63 (2001) 233407-233410.

L. Henrard, V. N. Popov, and A. Rubio, Influence of Packing on the Vibrational Properties of Infinite and Finite Bundles of Carbon Nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 64 (2001) 205403/1-10.

2000

V. N. Popov, V. E. Van Doren, and M. Balkanski, Elastic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 61 (2000) 3078-3084.

V. N. Popov, V. E. Van Doren, and M. Balkanski, Elastic properties of crystals of single-walled carbon nanotubes, Solid State Commun. 114 (2000) 395-399.

1999

V. N. Popov, V. E. Van Doren, and M. Balkanski, Lattice dynamics of single-walled carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 59 (1999) 8355-8358.

 

Conferences and Proceedings

 

V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, Intermediate frequency Raman spectra of defective single-walled carbon nanotubes, phys. stat. sol. (b), submitted. (E-MRS 2009, Symposium N: Carbon nanotubes and graphene: low dimensional carbon structures, Strasbourg, France, 08.06-12.06.2006, poster).

V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, Theoretical Raman intensity of carbon nanotube (7,0) with point defects, in Electronic Properties Of Novel Nanostructures: XXIII International Winterschool/Euroconference On Electronic Properties Of Novel Materials, Kirchberg, Tirol, Austria, 7-14 March, 2009, ed.xxx, phys. stat. sol. (b), submitted. (IWEPNM, Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria, 07.03-14.03.2009, poster).

V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, Theoretical Raman intensity of the RBM of SWNTs, in Electronic Properties Of Novel Nanostructures: XXI International Winterschool/Euroconference On Electronic Properties Of Novel Materials, Kirchberg, Tirol, Austria, 10-17 March, 2007, ed. Hans Kuzmany, phys. stat. sol. (b) 244 (2007) 4269-4274. (IWEPNM, Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria, 10.03-17.03.2007, invited research report).

V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, Intraband electron-phonon matrix elements of single-walled carbon nanotubes (no proceedings) (NT'06, Seventh International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes, Nagano, Japan, 18.06-23.06.2006, poster).

V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, Symmetry-adapted tight-binding calculations of the totally symmetric A1 phonons of single-walled carbon nanotubes and their resonant Raman intensity, Physica E 37 (2007) 97-104.  (E-MRS Conference, Nice, France, 29.05-02.05.06, Symposium E: Science and Technology of Nanotubes and Nanowires, oral presentation).

V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, Symmetry-adapted tight-binding calculations of the phonon dispersion and the resonant Raman intensity of the totally symmetric phonons of single-walled carbon nanotubes, in Electronic Properties Of Novel Nanostructures: XX International Winterschool/Euroconference On Electronic Properties Of Novel Materials, Kirchberg, Tirol, Austria, 4-11 March, 2006, ed. Hans Kuzmany, phys. stat. sol. (b) 243 (2006) 3480-3484. (IWEPNM, Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria, 04.03-11.03.2006, poster).

V. N. Popov, L. Henrard, and Ph. Lambin, Large-scale calculations of the phonon dispersion and the electronic band structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes (no proceedings) (GDR-E Annual Meeting "Science and Application of Nanotubes, Houffalize, Belgium, 10-13.10.05, poster).

V. N. Popov and Philippe Lambin, A Symmetry-Adapted Scheme for Phonon Dispersion and Electronic Band Structure Calculations for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (no proceedings) (NanoteC05, Brighton, UK, 31.08-03.09.2005, oral presentation).

V. N. Popov, L. Henrard, and Ph. Lambin, Resonant Raman intensity of the radial breathing mode of single-walled carbon nanotubes, (no proceedings) (NT’05, Gothenburg, Sweden, 26.06-01.07.2005, poster VI.1)

V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, Vibrational properties of carbon nanotubes, in: Carbon Nanotube, eds. V. N. Popov and Ph. Lambin, NATO Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 222, Amsterdam, Springer, 2005, pp. 69-88. (NATO ASI Carbon Nanotubes: From Basic Research to Nanotechnology, Sozopol, Bulgaria, 21.05-31.05.2005, oral presentation)

V. N. Popov, L. Henrard, and Ph. Lambin, Resonant Raman intensity of the radial breathing mode of single-walled carbon nanotubes, in Electronic Properties Of Novel Nanostructures: XIX International Winterschool/Euroconference On Electronic Properties Of Novel Materials, Kirchberg, Tirol, Austria, 12-19 March, 2005, ed. Hans Kuzmany, AIP Conf. Proceedings, Melville, New York, Vol 786, pp. 465-468.  (IWEPNM, Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria, 12.03-19.03.2005, poster)

R. Pfeiffer, F. Simon, H. Kuzmany, and V. N. Popov, A Raman map of the DWCNT RBM region, in Electronic Properties Of Novel Nanostructures: XIX International Winterschool/Euroconference On Electronic Properties Of Novel Materials, Kirchberg, Tirol, Austria, 12-19 March, 2005, ed. Hans Kuzmany, AIP Conf. Proceedings, Melville, New York, Vol 786, pp. 305-308. (IWEPNM, Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria, 12.03-19.03.2005, poster)

V. N. Popov and L. Henrard, Optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes within a non-orthogonal tight-binding model, Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures, Vol. 13, Suppl.1, 2005, 45-52. (E-MRS Spring Meeting, Symposium I "Advanced Multifunctional Nanocarbon Materials and Nanosystems," Strasbourg, May 24-28, 2004, oral presentation)

R. Pfeiffer, Ch. Kramberger, F. Simon, H. Kuzmany, and V. N. Popov, Interaction between inner and outer tubes in DWCNTs, in Electronic Properties Of Synthetic Nanostructures: XVIII International Winterschool/Euroconference On Electronic Properties Of Novel Materials Kirchberg, Tirol, Austria, 6-13 March, 2004, ed. Hans Kuzmany, AIP Conf. Proceedings, Melville, New York, Vol. 723, pp. 263-268. (IWEPNM, Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria, 06.03-13.03.2004, poster)

R. Pfeiffer, Ch. Kramberger, F. Simon, H. Kuzmany, and V. N. Popov, The nano clean room reactor inside of DWCNTs (not published) (E-MRS Spring Meeting, Symposium I "Advanced Multifunctional Nanocarbon Materials and Nanosystems," Strasbourg, May 24-28, 2004, poster I/PI-42).

V. N. Popov, Electronic band structure and dielectric function of single-walled carbon nanotubes within a tight-binding model, in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, issue 4, eds. E. Balabanova, I. Dragieva, Herron Press, Sofia, 2004, 11-14. (Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop Nanosrtuctured Materials Application and Innovation Transfer, 17-18 November 2003, Sofia).

V. N. Popov, Optical properties of small-radius single-walled carbon nanotubes within a tight-binding model, in: NATO ARW Frontiers of Multifunctional Integrated Nanosystems, NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 152, Ilmenau, Kluwer, 2003, pp. 1-10. (NATO ARW Frontiers of Multifunctional Integrated Nanosystems, 12-16.07.2003, Ilmenau, Germany)

V. N. Popov, Theoretical evidence for T1/2 specific heat behavior in carbon nanotube systems, Carbon 42 (2003) 991-995. (E-MRS, Spring Meeting, Symposium B "Advanced Multifunctional Nanocarbon Materials and Nanosystems,” June 10-13, 2003, Strasbourg, France)

V. N. Popov and L. Henrard, Phonons in multiwalled carbon nanotubes, in AIP Conference Proceedings 633, New York: American Institute of Physics, 2002, pp. 425-428. (XVIth International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials: Molecular Nanostructures, 02.03 – 09.03.2002, Kirchberg, Austria)

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COLLABORATION

 

Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

Minko Balkanski

 

Micro and Nanosystems, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland

Alain Jungen

 

Laboratoire de Physique des Solides CNRS UMR 8502, Université Paris Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France

Mathieu Kociak

 

Institut für Materialphysik, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

Hans Kuzmany, R. Pfeiffer, Ch. Kramberger, F. Simon, H. Rauf, T. Pichler

 

Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium

Philippe Lambin, Luc Henrard

 

Max-Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany

Siegmar Roth, J. C. Meyer

 

Facultad de Quimicas U. Pais Vasco, San Sebastian/Donostia, Spain

Angel Rubio

 

Laboratoire des Colloďdes, Verres et Nanomatériaux (UMR CNRS 5587), Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France

Jean-Luis Sauvajol, M. Paillet, T. Michel

 

Department of Physics and Institute of NanoScience and Technology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Z. K. Tang, Z. M. Li

 

Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Victor Van Doren, Norman H. March

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