Optical Visualization of Carbon Nanotubes—a Unifying Linkage Between Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterization Techniques

The optical bright- and dark-field visualization (see image) of single-walled carbon nanotubes spin-casted onto Si/SiO2 substrates with a 300-nm-thick oxide coating is reported. This novel procedure gives access to a low-cost correlation of Raman spectroscopy with microscopic techniques (atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy) greatly facilitating nanotube characterization. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.