Carbon Nanotubes

Properties and Applications
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8493-2748-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 338 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 1250 g

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, protégé 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.

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Connell, Michael J.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Technologie der Kunststoffe und Polymere
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Biomaterialien, Nanomaterialien, Kohlenstoff

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Element Carbon. Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotube Peapod Materials. Carbon Nanotube Electronics and Devices. Magnetic Properties. Raman Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Probing Electronic and Chemical Behavior. Electromechanical Properties and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotube-Enabled Materials. Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Composites. Carbon Nanotube Tips for Scanning Probe Microscopy. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael J. O’Connell