Carbon Nanotubes: From Basic Research to Nanotechnology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Synthesis and structural characterization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XIII

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   2. ARC DISCHARGE AND LASER ABLATION SYNTHESIS OF SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES

      • BJÖRN HORNBOSTEL, MIRO HALUSKA, JIRKA CECH, URSULA DETTLAFF, SIEGMAR ROTH

      Pages 1-18

   3. SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY OF CARBON NANOTUBES

      • LÁSZLÓ P. BIRÓ, PHILIPPE LAMBIN

      Pages 19-42

   4. STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF INDIVIDUAL SINGLEWALL CARBON NANOTUBE BY NANOAREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION

      • E. THUNE, D. PREUSCHE, C. STRUNK, H. T. MAN, A. MORPURGO, F. PAILLOUX et al.

      Pages 43-44

   5. THE STRUCTURAL EFFECTS ON MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES BY THERMAL ANNEALING UNDER VACUUM

      • K. D. BEHLER, H. YE, S. DIMOVSKI, Y. GOGOTSI

      Pages 45-46

   6. TEM SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR STUDYING THE INTERFACE CNTS-CATALYST-SUBSTRATE

      • MARIE-FAITH FIAWOO, ANNICK LOISEAU, ANNE-MARIE BONNOT, ANTONIO IAIA, VINCENT BOUCHIAT, JANY THIBAULT

      Pages 47-48

   7. A METHOD TO SYNTHESIZE AND TAILOR CARBON NANOTUBES BY ELECTRON IRRADIATION IN THE TEM

      • R. CAUDILLO, M. JOSÉ-YACAMAN, H. E. TROIANI, M. A. L. MARQUES, A. RUBIO

      Pages 49-50

   8. SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY STUDIES OF NANOTUBELIKE STRUCTURES ON THE HOPG SURFACE

      • I. N. KHOLMANOV, M. FANETTI, L. GAVIOLI, M. CASELLA, M. SANCROTTI

      Pages 51-52

   9. INFLUENCE OF CATALYST AND CARBON SOURCE ON THE SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES IN A SEMI-CONTINUOUS INJECTION CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHOD

      • Z.E. HORVÁTH, A. A. KOÓS, Z. VÉRTESY, L. TAPASZTÓ, Z. OSVÁTH, P. NEMES INCZE et al.

      Pages 53-54

   10. PECVD GROWTH OF CARBON NANOTUBES

       • ALEXANDER MALESEVIC, A. VANHULSEL, C. VAn HAESENDONCK

       Pages 55-56

   11. CARBON NANOTUBES GROWTH AND ANCHORAGE TO CARBON FIBRES

       • TH.DIKONIMOS MAKRIS, R. GIORGI, N. LISI, E. SALERNITANO, M. F. DE RICCARDIS, D. CARBONE

       Pages 57-58

   12. CVD SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES ON DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES

       • TH.DIKONIMOS MAKRIS, L. GIORGI, R. GIORGI, N. LISI, E. SALERNITANO, M. ALVISI et al.

       Pages 59-60

   13. INFLUENCE OF THE SUBSTRATE TYPES AND TREATMENTS ON CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH BY CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION WITH NICKEL CATALYST

       • R. RIZZOLI, R. ANGELUCCI, S. GUERRI, F. CORTICELLI, M. CUFFIANI, G. VERONESE

       Pages 61-62

   14. NON CATALYTIC CVD GROWTH OF 2D-ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES

       • NADEZDA I. MAKSIMOVA, JORG ENGSTLER, JORG J. SCHNEIDER

       Pages 63-64

   15. PYROLYTIC SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES ON Ni, Co, Fe/MCM-41 CATALYSTS

       • KSENIIA KATOK, SERGIY BRICHKA, VALENTYN TERTYKH, GENNADIY PRIKHOD’KO

       Pages 65-66

   16. A GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION STUDY OF CARBON STRUCTURAL AND ADSORPTION PROPERTIES OF INZEOLITE TEMPLATED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES

       • TH. J. ROUSSEL, C. BICHARA, R. J. M. PELLENQ

       Pages 67-68

3. Vibrational properties and optical spectroscopies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XIII

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   2. VIBRATIONAL AND RELATED PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES

      • VALENTIN N. POPOV, PHILIPPE LAMBIN

      Pages 69-88

   3. RAMAN SCATTERING OF CARBON NANOTUBES

      • H. KUZMANY, M. HULMAN, R. PFEIFFER, F. SIMON

      Pages 89-120

It is about 15 years that the carbon nanotubes have been discovered by Sumio Iijima in a transmission electron microscope. Since that time, these long hollow cylindrical carbon molecules have revealed being remarkable nanostructures for several aspects. They are composed of just one element, Carbon, and are easily produced by several techniques. A nanotube can bend easily but still is very robust. The nanotubes can be manipulated and contacted to external electrodes. Their diameter is in the nanometer range, whereas their length may exceed several micrometers, if not several millimeters. In diameter, the nanotubes behave like molecules with quantized energy levels, while in length, they behave like a crystal with a continuous distribution of momenta. Depending on its exact atomic structure, a single-wall nanotube –that is to say a nanotube composed of just one rolled-up graphene sheet– may be either a metal or a semiconductor. The nanotubes can carry a large electric current, they are also good thermal conductors. It is not surprising, then, that many applications have been proposed for the nanotubes. At the time of writing, one of their most promising applications is their ability to emit electrons when subjected to an external electric field. Carbon nanotubes can do so in normal vacuum conditions with a reasonable voltage threshold, which make them suitable for cold-cathode devices.

• Gold
• Raman spectroscopy
• basic research
• carbon nanotubes
• composite material
• crystal
• diffraction
• electron diffraction
• microscopy
• modeling
• nanotechnology
• polymer
• spectroscopy

• Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Bulgaria

  Valentin N. Popov

• Département de Physique, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium

  Philippe Lambin

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