Understanding Carbon Nanotubes

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Author: A. Loiseau

ISBN-10: 3540269223

ISBN-13: 9783540269229

Category: Nanotubes -> Congresses

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This volume presents the foundations of carbon nanotube science including the most recent developments and the prospects for technological applications. Each chapter begins with a tutorial introduction to the relevant interdisciplinary topics from physics, chemistry or materials science. These summaries of the essential background knowledge are followed by detailed presentations of specific issues. The latter include: polymorphism of carbon and the microstructure of its phases; synthesis methods and growth mechanisms; structural analysis by electron microscopy; spectroscopic methods; electronic structure; transport; mechanical and surface properties of nanotubes and composites. All readers, be they students or experienced researchers, will come to appreciate how progress in nanotube science is intimately linked to advances in experimental and computational tools.

1Polymorphism and structure of carbons12Synthesis methods and growth mechanisms493Structural analysis by elastic scattering techniques1314Electronic structure1995Spectroscopies on carbon nanotubes2776Transport properties3357Mechanical properties of individual nanotubes and composites4398Surface properties, porosity, chemical and electrochemical applications495