= Mildred Dresselhaus
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= Mildred S. Dresselhaus
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= M. S. Dresselhaus
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<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.https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/mildred-dresselhaus/[MIT faculty profile, Research Interests: resonant Raman characterization of individual nanotubes]{ref}
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.<Optical Properties of Solids by Mildred S. Dresselhaus>[chapter 7, shallow-impurity spectroscopy]{ref}
MIT memorial profile and portrait: https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/mildred-dresselhaus/
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