Carbon Filaments and Nanotubes: Common Origins, Differing Applications?
Carbon filament, vapor grown carbon fibers and carbon nanotubes have been discovered to have remarkable properties, opening they way for their use in intriguing and novel applications in electronics, chemistry and materials science. There are many similarities between nanotubes and filaments, leading many researchers to critically compare the two materials, their production, and potential applications. The two materials are compared and contrasted in depth in the present book, which is a...
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Carbon filament, vapor grown carbon fibers and carbon nanotubes have been discovered to have remarkable properties, opening they way for their use in intriguing and novel applications in electronics, chemistry and materials science. There are many similarities between nanotubes and filaments, leading many researchers to critically compare the two materials, their production, and potential applications. The two materials are compared and contrasted in depth in the present book, which is a comprehensive review of current research activity, growth mechanisms, physical properties, industrial production, and applications. The structures are discussed using a unified approach, which helps to compare growth mechanisms, contrasting morphological differences, and detailing how novel properties depend on such differences.
PrefacePhotograph of the participantsOrganizing and scientific committee and editorsList of contributorsIntroductionPt. IIntroduction to carbon fibers and carbon nanotubesVapor-grown carbon fiber research and applications: achievements and barriers1Electronic properties of carbon nanotubes and applications11From vapor-grown carbon fibers (VGCFs) to carbon nanotubes51Pt. IIProduction to vapor grown carbon fibers and nanotubesNucleation and growth of carbon filaments and vapor-grown carbon fibers63Carbon nanotubes formation in the arc discharge process75Catalytic production, purification, characterization and application of single- and multiwall carbon nanotubes85Optimizing growth conditions for carbon filaments and vapor-grown carbon fibers111Gasification and surface modification of vapor-grown carbon fibers121Growth of nanotubes: the combined TEM and phase-diagram approach133First-principles theoretical modeling of nanotube growth149Controlled production of tubular carbon and BCN architecture171Large-scale production of VGCF187Pt. IIICharacterization and applicationsDiffraction by molecular helices - The range of morphologies of sp[superscript 2] carbon and the basic theory of diffraction by an atomic helix197Diffraction by molecular helices - Transmission electron microscopy and diffraction by nanotubes and other helical nanostructures205STM investigation of carbon nanotubes219Interpretation of the STM images of carbon nanotubes233Mechanical properties of vapor grown carbon fibres and VGCF-thermoplastic composites245Atomic force microscopy investigation of carbon nanotubes255Structural and electronic properties of carbon nanotube junctions265Applications of submicron diameter carbon filaments275The role of rheology in the processing of vapor grown carbon fiber/thermoplastic composites289Tensile, electrical and thermal properties of vapor grown carbon fibers composites301Properties and applications of carbon nanotubes - Materials Science Aspects315Novel applications of VGCF including hydrogen storage331Common and disparate elements in filament and nanotube growth343Properties of imperfect carbon structures347Likely applications: Near and long term351Subject Index355
