Carbon Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Applications

The study of nanostructures has become, in recent years, a theme common to many disciplines, in which scientists and engineers manipulate matter at the atomic and molecular level in order to obtain materials and systems with significantly improved properties. Carbon nanomaterials have a unique place in nanoscience owing to their exceptional thermal, electrical, chemical, and mechanical properties, finding application in areas as diverse as super strong composite materials, energy storage and conversion, supercapacitors, smart sensors, targeted drug delivery, paints, and nanoelectronics.

This book is the first to cover a broad spectrum of carbon nanomaterials, namely carbon nanofibers, vapor-grown carbon fibers, different forms of amorphous nanocarbons besides carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, graphene, graphene nanoribbons, graphene quantum dots, etc. in a single volume.

Dr. R.B. Mathur is associated with the CSIR-National Physical laboratory, New-Delhi, India, as Chief scientist and Head, Physics and Engineering of Carbon. Er. Bhanu Pratap Singh is associated with the CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India, as Senior Scientist in Physics and Engineering of Carbon Section and Assistant Professor in Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR). DR. Shailaja Pande, previously worked as a Principal Investigator under DST Women Scientists Scheme WOS-A.