Studies on Micro- and Nanosystems
Raman spectroscopy - monitoring of SWNT's environment changes
Electronic structure of a Single Walled Carbon Nanotube (SWNT) is influenced by many extrinsic factors such as chemical composition of the nanotube environment, temperature, pressure, and applied stress. Changes to the SWNT electronic structure can be detected by Raman spectroscopy. This study is focused on a literature search to determine sensitivity and resolution of SWNT Raman spectroscopy, and its dependence on the conditions applied to the nanotube.
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Controlled loading of apoferritin with various metals
A literature search on protein based formation of size restricted clusters of metals. Apoferritin is a hollow structure formed by proteins and it can by partly or fully filled with ions of different metal. The chemical environment, temperature and loading time are the typical controlling factor of the filling rate. The size of metal clusters formed inside of apoferritin is crucial for diameters and properties of single walled carbon nanotubes catalytically grown from the metal clusters.
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