Since their discovery more than a decade ago, carbon nanotubes
(CNTs) have held scientists and engineers in captive fascination,
seated on the verge of enormous breakthroughs in areas such as
medicine, electronics, and materials science, to name but a few.
Taking a broad look at CNTs and the tools used to study them,
Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Applications comprises the efforts
of leading nanotube researchers led by Michael O'Connell, protege
of the late father of nanotechnology, Richard Smalley. Each chapter
is a self-contained treatise on various aspects of CNT synthesis,
characterization, modification, and applications.
The book opens with a general introduction to the basic
characteristics and the history of CNTs, followed by discussions on
synthesis methods and the growth of "peapod" structures. Coverage
then moves to electronic properties and band structures of
single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs), magnetic properties, Raman
spectroscopy of electronic and chemical behavior, and
electromechanical properties and applications in NEMS
(nanoelectromechanical systems). Turning to applications, the final
sections of the book explore mechanical properties of SWNTs spun
into fibers, sidewall functionalization in composites, and using
SWNTs as tips for scanning probe microscopes.
Taking a fresh look at this burgeoning field, Carbon Nanotubes:
Properties and Applications points the way toward making CNTs
commercially viable.
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