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.
Author(s): P. Delhaès, J.P. Issi, S. Bonnamy, P. Launois (auth.), Annick Loiseau, Pascale Launois, Pierre Petit, Stephan Roche, Jean-Paul Salvetat (eds.)
Series: Lecture notes in physics 677
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 538
Tags: Condensed Matter; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering; Nanotechnology
Polymorphism and Structure of Carbons....Pages 1-47
Synthesis Methods and Growth Mechanisms....Pages 49-130
Structural Analysis by Elastic Scattering Techniques....Pages 131-198
Electronic Structure....Pages 199-276
Spectroscopies on Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 277-334
Transport Properties....Pages 335-437
Mechanical Properties of Individual Nanotubes and Composites....Pages 439-493
Surface Properties, Porosity, Chemical and Electrochemical Applications....Pages 495-549
