Provides full coverage of all of the important aspects of carbon nanotube research, including synthesis, properties and potential applications.
1. Introduction; 2. Synthesis I: arc- and laser-vaporisation, heat treatment methods and electrolysis; 3. Synthesis II: catalytic chemical vapour deposition and related methods; 4. Purification and processing; 5. Structure; 6. Physical properties I: Electronic; 7. Physical properties II: Mechanical, optical and thermal; 8. Chemistry and biology of nanotubes; 9. Carbon nanotube composites; 10. Filled and heterogeneous nanotubes; 11. Probes and sensors; 12. Conclusions.