The paper describes a method for producing extreme nanowires by melt infiltration into carbon nanotubes and how 1D systems may be characterized and investigated using Resonance Raman Spectroscopy to determine vibrational and optical excitation energies.
Smith, D. C., Spencer, J. H., Sloan, J., McDonnell, L. P., Trewhitt, H., Kashtiban, R. J., Faulques, E. Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Extreme Nanowires and Other 1D Systems. J. Vis. Exp. (110), e53434, doi:10.3791/53434 (2016).