Carbon Nanotube Science Synthesis Properties And Applications

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Carbon Nanotube Science Synthesis, Properties and Applications
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 medicine, sensing devices and a wide range of other fields.Cutting through the plethora of information available, Carbon Nanotube Science is the most concise, accessible book for the field, presenting the basic knowledge 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 biomolecular functionalization, nanotube composites and nanotube-based probes and sensors. The book begins with a comprehensive and up-to-date 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, chemistry and physics. Peter J F Harris is Manager of the Centre for Advanced Microscopy at the University of Reading, where he is involved in a wide range of projects in both the physical and biological sciences. His personal research interests mainly involve the application of high-resolution TEM to carbon materials. He is a member ofthe Editorial Advisory Boards both for the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter and Carbon.

Carbon Nanotube Science
Synthesis, Properties and Applications
PETER J. F. HARRIS
University of Reading, UK

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Contents

Preface 1 Introduction 1.1 Buckminsterfullerene 1.2 Fullerene-related carbon nanotubes 1.3 Single- and double-walled nanotubes 1.4 Catalytically produced carbon nanotubes 1.5 Who discovered carbon nanotubes? 1.6 Carbon nanotube research 1.7 Scope of the book References Synthesis I: arc- and laser-vaporization, and heat treatment methods 2.1Production of multiwalled nanotubes by arc-evaporation
2.1.1 Early work 2.1.2 The arc-evaporation technique: further developments 2.1.3 Alternatives to graphite 2.1.4. Safety considerations for the arc-evaporation method

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2.2 Growth mechanisms of multiwalled nanotubes in the arc
2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.2.5 General comments Vapour phase growthLiquid phase growth Solid phase growth The crystallization model

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2.3 Production of multiwalled nanotubes by high-temperature heat treatments 2.4 Production of single-walled nanotubes by arc-evaporation 2.5 Production of single-walled nanotubes by laser vaporization 2.6 Growth mechanisms of SWNTs in the arc and laser methods
2.6.1 Vapour–liquid–solid models 2.6.2...