Understanding Carbon Nanotubes

ISBN 10: 3642065988 / ISBN 13: 9783642065989

Published by Springer, 2010

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pp. 572.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Carbon Nanotubes
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642065988
• ISBN 13: 9783642065989
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume presents the foundations of carbon nanotube science, reviewing recent developments and prospects for practical application. Each chapter summarizes relevant concepts from physics, chemistry or materials science, followed by detailed reports on topics including polymorphism and mircostructure of carbon; synthesis and growth; structural analysis by electron microscopy; spectroscopic methods; electronic structure; transport; mechanical and surface properties of nanotubes and composites.

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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.