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Understanding Carbon Nanotubes

From Basics to Applications

  • First volume on carbon nanotubes with textbook potential

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 677)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
  2. Polymorphism and Structure of Carbons

    • P. Delhaès, J.P. Issi, S. Bonnamy, P. Launois
    Pages 1-47
  3. Synthesis Methods and Growth Mechanisms

    • A. Loiseau, X. Blase, J.-Ch. Charlier, P. Gadelle, C. Journet, Ch. Laurent et al.
    Pages 49-130
  4. Structural Analysis by Elastic Scattering Techniques

    • Ph. Lambin, A. Loiseau, M. Monthioux, J. Thibault
    Pages 131-198
  5. Electronic Structure

    • F. Ducastelle, X. Blase, J.-M. Bonard, J.-Ch. Charlier, P. Petit
    Pages 199-276
  6. Spectroscopies on Carbon Nanotubes

    • J.-L. Sauvajol, E. Anglaret, S. Rols, O. Stephan
    Pages 277-334
  7. Transport Properties

    • S. Roche, E. Akkermans, O. Chauvet, F. Hekking, R. Martel, J.-P. Issi et al.
    Pages 335-437
  8. Mechanical Properties of Individual Nanotubes and Composites

    • J.-P. Salvetat, G. Désarmot, C. Gauthier, P. Poulin
    Pages 439-493
  9. Surface Properties, Porosity, Chemical and Electrochemical Applications

    • F. Béguin, E. Flahaut, A. Linares-Solano, J. Pinson
    Pages 495-549
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 551-553

About this book

This volume presents the foundations of carbon nanotube science including the most recent developments and the prospects for technological applications. Each chapter begins with a tutorial introduction to the relevant interdisciplinary topics from physics, chemistry or materials science. These summaries of the essential background knowledge are followed by detailed presentations of specific issues. The latter include: polymorphism of carbon and the microstructure of its phases; synthesis methods and growth mechanisms; structural analysis by electron microscopy; spectroscopic methods; electronic structure; transport; mechanical and surface properties of nanotubes and composites. All readers, be they students or experienced researchers, will come to appreciate how progress in nanotube science is intimately linked to advances in experimental and computational tools.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire d’Etude des Microstructures (LEM), UMR 104 CNRS-ONERA, Châtillon, France

    Annick Loiseau

  • Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS), UMR 8502 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Orsay Cedex, France

    Pascale Launois

  • Institut Charles Sadron, UPR 22 CNRS, Strasbourg, France

    Pierre Petit

  • Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, DSM/DRFMC/SPSMS, Grenoble, France

    Stephan Roche

  • Centre de Recherche sur la Matiére Divisée (CRMD), UMR 6619 CNRS-Université d’Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2, France

    Jean-Paul Salvetat

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