Carbon Nanotubes and Their Composites: Processing and Applications

The demand for innovative industrial applications of carbon nanotubes are growing significantly. Carbon nanotubes are large molecules of pure carbon that are long and thin and are shaped like tubes of nanometer scale diameter with quasi-one-dimensional structure. In the past 20 years, carbon nanotubes have attracted a lot of attention from chemists, electronic device engineers, physicists, and material scientists, due to their fine optical, mechanical, structural, chemical and electronic properties. This book encompasses latest research topics about the synthesis technologies of carbon nanotubes and nanotube-based composites. It will serve as a helpful source of information for engineers, researchers and students engaged in the field of carbon nanotubes.