Overview
- 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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Mechanical properties of nanotubes and composite materials
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- ELENA BELOVA, LEONID A. CHERNOZATONSKII
Pages 215-216
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- VICTOR LYKAH, EVGEN S. SYRKIN
Pages 217-218
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- CSABA BALÁZSI, FERENC WÉBER, ZSUZSANNA KÖVÉR, PÉTER ARATO, ZSOLT CZIGÁNY, ZOLTÁN KÓNYA et al.
Pages 221-222
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- FIONA M. BLIGHE, MANUEL RUETHER, RORY LEAHY, WERNER J. BLAU
Pages 223-224
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- DANIEL VRBANIC, MARJAN MARINSEK, STANE PEJOVNIK, ALOJZ ANZLOVAR, POLONA UMEK, DRAGAN MIHAILOVIC
Pages 225-226
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- V. CHIRILA, G. MARGINEAN, W. BRANDL, T. ICLANZAN
Pages 227-228
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Applications
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Front Matter
Pages I-XIII
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- KONSTANTIN V. SHAITAN, YEGOR V. TOURLEIGH, DMITRIY N. GOLIK
Pages 233-234
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- F. DASSENOY, L. JOLY-POTTUZ, J. M. MARTIN, T. MIENO
Pages 237-238
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- MIROSLAVA VACLAVIKOVA, MAREK MATIK, STEFAN JAKABSKY, SLAVOMIR HREDZAK, GEORGE GALLIOS
Pages 239-240
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- S. I. VIZIREANU, B. MITU, R. BIRJEGA, G. DINESCU, V. TEODORESCU
Pages 241-242
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- TRAIAN DUMITRICĂ, VERONICA BARONE, MING HUA, BORIS I. YAKOBSON
Pages 243-244
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- IOANNIS RABIAS, PANAGIOTIS DALLAS, DIMITRIOS NIARCHOS
Pages 245-246
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Back Matter
Pages 249-253
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