Carbon Nanotube Science: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

by Peter J. F. Harris

• ISBN13: 9780521535854
• ISBN10: 0521535859
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Carbon nanotubes represent one of the most exciting research areas in modern science. These molecular-scale carbon tubes are the stiffest and strongest fibres known, with remarkable electronic properties, and potential applications in a wide range of fields. Carbon Nanotube Science is the most concise, accessible book for the field, presenting the basic knowledge that graduates and researchers need to know. Based on the successful Carbon Nanotubes and Related Structures, this new book focuses solely on carbon nanotubes, covering the major advances made in recent years in this rapidly developing field. Chapters focus on electronic properties, chemical and bimolecular functionalisation, nanotube composites and nanotube-based probes and sensors. The book begins with a comprehensive discussion of synthesis, purification and processing methods. With its full coverage of the state-of-the-art in this active research field, this book will appeal to researchers in a broad range of disciplines, including nanotechnology, engineering, materials science and physics.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Synthesis I: arc- and laser-vaporisation, heat treatment methods and electrolysis

Synthesis II: catalytic chemical vapour deposition and related methods

Purification and processing

Structure

Physical properties I: Electronic

Physical properties II: Mechanical, optical and thermal

Chemistry and biology of nanotubes

Carbon nanotube composites

Filled and heterogeneous nanotubes

Probes and sensors

Conclusions

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