Physical Properties of Ceramic and Carbon Nanoscale Structures

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Formation and Characterization of Carbon and Ceramic Nanostructures

   • Andrzej Huczko, Michał Bystrzejewski, Hubert Lange, Piotr Baranowski

   Pages 1-43

3. Transport Properties in Carbon Nanotubes

   • Stefano Bellucci, Pasquale Onorato

   Pages 45-109

4. Nanotribology of Spiderman

   • Nicola M. Pugno

   Pages 111-136

5. Strength of Nanotubes and Megacables

   • Nicola M. Pugno

   Pages 137-154

6. Physics of Carbon Nanostructures

   • Stefano Bellucci, Alexander Malesevic

   Pages 155-194

7. Back Matter

   Pages 195-197

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This is the second volume in a series of books on selected topics in Nanoscale Science and Technology based on lectures given at the well-known INFN schools of the same name. The aim of this collection is to provide a reference corpus of suitable, introductory material to relevant subfields, as they mature over time, by gathering the significantly expanded and edited versions of tutorial lectures, given over the years by internationally known experts. The present set of notes stems in particular from the participation and dedication of prestigious lecturers, such as Andrzej Huczko, Nicola Pugno, Alexander Malesevic, Pasquale Onorato and Stefano Bellucci. All lectures were subsequently carefully edited and reworked, taking into account the extensive follow-up discussions. A tutorial lecture by Huczko et al. shows how a variety of carbon and ceramic nanostructures (nanotubes, nanowires, nanofibres, nanorods, and nanoencapsulates) have in particular great potential for improving our understanding of the fundamental concepts of the roles of both dimensionality and size on physical material properties . Bellucci and Onorato provide an extensive and tutorial review of the (quantum) transport properties in carbon nanotubes, encompassing a description of the electronic structure from graphene to single-wall nanotubes, as well as a discussion of experimental evidence of superconductivity in carbon nanotubes and the corresponding theoretical interpretation. In the first contribution by Pugno, new ideas on how to design futuristic self-cleaning, super-adhesive and releasable hierarchical smart materials are presented. He also reviews the mechanical strength of such nanotubes and megacables, with an eye to the visionary project of a carbon nanotube-based ‘space elevator megacable’. In his second contribution, Pugno outlines in detail the role on the fracture strength of thermodynamically unavoidable atomistic defects with different size and shape, both numerically andtheoretically, for nanotubes and nanotube bundles. Focusing on graphitic allotropes, the chapter by Bellucci and Malesevic aims to give a taste of the widespread implications carbon nanostructures have on research and applications, starting from an historical overview, followed by a discussion of the structure and physical properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene, in particular in the context of the several different synthesis techniques presently available.

• Carbon nanostructures
• Ceramic nanostructures
• Graphene and graphitic allotropes
• Nanotubes, nanowires, nanofibres and nanorods

• Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Frascati RM, Italy

  Stefano Bellucci

Dr. Stefano Bellucci Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Laboratori Nazionale die Frascati Frascati Italy stefano.bellucci@lnf.infn.it

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