Carbon nanotechnology : recent developments in chemistry, physics, materials science and device applications /
Nanotechnology is no longer a merely social talking point and is beginning to affect the lives of everyone. Carbon nanotechnology as a major shaper of new nanotechnologies has evolved into a truly interdisciplinary field, which encompasses chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, materials science and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- From conventional technology to carbon nanotechnology: The fourth industrial revolution and the discoveries of C60, carbon nanotube and nanodiamond
- Part I Synthesis and Structure of Carbon Nanomaterials
- Synthesis, growth mechanism and processing of carbon nanotubes
- Solid-state formation of carbon nanotubes
- Catalytic chemical vapor deposition of single-walled carbon nanotubes
- Fabrication of fullerene nanostructures
- Carbon blacks as the source materials for carbon nanotechnology
- Part II Chemistry and Physics of Carbon Nanomaterials
- Functionalization and applications of [60]fullerene
- Functionalization and applications of carbon nanotubes
- Biological activity of pristine fullerene C60
- Separation of metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes
- Electrochemical properties of carbon nanotubes
- Carbon nanotubes: Surface, porosity, and related applications
- Carbon nanotubes as nanoelectromechanical systems components
- Part III Carbon Nanomaterials for Device Applications
- Aligned carbon nanotube membranes
- C60 and carbon nanotube sensors
- Carbon nanotubes for electron emitting devices
- Optical limiters and photovoltaic devices based on C60, carbon nanotubes and their nanocomposites
- Carbon nanotube and epoxy composites for military applications
- Polymer and carbon nanotube composites for space applications
- Outlook
- From carbon nanotechnology to bionanotechnology: Protein and peptide nanofibrils and nanowires
- Author index
- Subject index
- Last Page.