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- Editors:
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Valentin N. Popov
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Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
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Philippe Lambin
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Département de Physique, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium
- Advance-level introduction to the "hot" field of nanotube research
- Recent theoretical, experimental, and technological developments
- Highlighted future trends for nanotube research and technological application
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Table of contents (51 papers)
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Front Matter
Pages I-XIII
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Synthesis and structural characterization
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Front Matter
Pages I-XIII
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- BJÖRN HORNBOSTEL, MIRO HALUSKA, JIRKA CECH, URSULA DETTLAFF, SIEGMAR ROTH
Pages 1-18
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- LÁSZLÓ P. BIRÓ, PHILIPPE LAMBIN
Pages 19-42
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- E. THUNE, D. PREUSCHE, C. STRUNK, H. T. MAN, A. MORPURGO, F. PAILLOUX et al.
Pages 43-44
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- K. D. BEHLER, H. YE, S. DIMOVSKI, Y. GOGOTSI
Pages 45-46
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- MARIE-FAITH FIAWOO, ANNICK LOISEAU, ANNE-MARIE BONNOT, ANTONIO IAIA, VINCENT BOUCHIAT, JANY THIBAULT
Pages 47-48
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- R. CAUDILLO, M. JOSÉ-YACAMAN, H. E. TROIANI, M. A. L. MARQUES, A. RUBIO
Pages 49-50
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- I. N. KHOLMANOV, M. FANETTI, L. GAVIOLI, M. CASELLA, M. SANCROTTI
Pages 51-52
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- Z.E. HORVÁTH, A. A. KOÓS, Z. VÉRTESY, L. TAPASZTÓ, Z. OSVÁTH, P. NEMES INCZE et al.
Pages 53-54
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- ALEXANDER MALESEVIC, A. VANHULSEL, C. VAn HAESENDONCK
Pages 55-56
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- TH.DIKONIMOS MAKRIS, R. GIORGI, N. LISI, E. SALERNITANO, M. F. DE RICCARDIS, D. CARBONE
Pages 57-58
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- TH.DIKONIMOS MAKRIS, L. GIORGI, R. GIORGI, N. LISI, E. SALERNITANO, M. ALVISI et al.
Pages 59-60
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- R. RIZZOLI, R. ANGELUCCI, S. GUERRI, F. CORTICELLI, M. CUFFIANI, G. VERONESE
Pages 61-62
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- NADEZDA I. MAKSIMOVA, JORG ENGSTLER, JORG J. SCHNEIDER
Pages 63-64
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- KSENIIA KATOK, SERGIY BRICHKA, VALENTYN TERTYKH, GENNADIY PRIKHOD’KO
Pages 65-66
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- TH. J. ROUSSEL, C. BICHARA, R. J. M. PELLENQ
Pages 67-68
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Vibrational properties and optical spectroscopies
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Front Matter
Pages I-XIII
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- VALENTIN N. POPOV, PHILIPPE LAMBIN
Pages 69-88
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- H. KUZMANY, M. HULMAN, R. PFEIFFER, F. SIMON
Pages 89-120
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Valentin N. Popov
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Département de Physique, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium
Philippe Lambin