Mildred Dresselhaus investigated the electronic band structure and optical response of carbon materials, from graphite to carbon nanotubes. Her group's Raman spectroscopy studies used resonant enhancement to distinguish nanotubes by their geometry and electronic transitions. Measurements on individual carbon nanotubes connected the vibrational spectrum with diameter and chirality, making light scattering a structural probe at the scale of a single tube.[ref]
https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/mildred-dresselhaus/. MIT faculty profile, Research Interests: resonant Raman characterization of individual nanotubes
Her authored solid-state lecture notes also explain how impurity spectra test models of electrons and holes in semiconductors, including the limitations of treating every impurity as a simple hydrogen-like system.[ref]
MIT memorial profile and portrait: physics.mit.edu/faculty/mildred-dresselhaus/
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Portrait of Mildred Dresselhaus
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Mildred Dresselhaus (1930-2017) was a prominent American physicist and electrical engineer, widely recognized for her groundbreaking work in the field of material science, particularly in the study of carbon nanostructures, such as graphite, graphene, and carbon nanotubes. Often referred to as the "First Lady of Carbon," she made significant contributions to the understanding of the electrical properties of these materials.