Raman Spectroscopy of Allotropes of Carbon: An Undergraduate Laboratory

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The Chemical Educator

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Abstract Volume 19 (2014) pp 223-228

Raman Spectroscopy of Allotropes of Carbon: An Undergraduate Laboratory

William Livernois^†, Christopher M. Crittenden^‡, J. Brett Kimbrell^§, Farooq A. Khan^§, Anne C. Gaquere-Parker^§, and Douglas A. Stuart^§,*

^†MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, ^‡Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, ^§Department of Chemistry, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, dstuart@westga.edu
Received September 11, 2013. Accepted November 26, 2013.

Published: 27 June 2014

Abstract. In this article, we describe the Raman spectroscopy of the fullerenes C₆₀ and C₇₀, and also include a comparison with the several allotropes of carbon, namely, diamond, graphite and carbon nanotubes. These experiments illustrate principles of Raman spectroscopy that are introduced in Physical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis in a laboratory setting, while also providing ample avenues to connect both with current and recent literature.

Key Words: Laboratories and Demonstrations; inorganic; Raman; fullerene; carbon; spectroscopy; nanotubes

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: dstuart@westga.edu )

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