Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Applications

by Michael J. O'Connell

Overview

Since their discovery more than a decade ago, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have held scientists and engineers in captive fascination, seated on the verge of enormous breakthroughs in areas such as medicine, electronics, and materials science, to name but a few. Taking a broad look at CNTs and the tools used to study them, Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Applications comprises the efforts of leading nanotube researchers led by Michael O’Connell, protégé of the late father of nanotechnology, Richard Smalley. Each chapter is a self-contained treatise on various aspects of CNT synthesis, characterization, modification, and applications.

The book opens with a general introduction to the basic characteristics and the history of CNTs, followed by discussions on synthesis methods and the growth of “peapod” structures. Coverage then moves to electronic properties and band structures of single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs), magnetic properties, Raman spectroscopy of electronic and chemical behavior, and electromechanical properties and applications in NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems). Turning to applications, the final sections of the book explore mechanical properties of SWNTs spun into fibers, sidewall functionalization in composites, and using SWNTs as tips for scanning probe microscopes.

Taking a fresh look at this burgeoning field, Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Applications points the way toward making CNTs commercially viable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849327483
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/03/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael J. O’Connell

Table of Contents

The Element Carbon. Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotube Peapod Materials. Carbon Nanotube Electronics and Devices. Magnetic Properties. Raman Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Probing Electronic and Chemical Behavior. Electromechanical Properties and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotube-Enabled Materials. Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Composites. Carbon Nanotube Tips for Scanning Probe Microscopy. Index.

Editorial Reviews

"Recommended for those involved in CNT R&D and applications."

– Editor, The Composites and Adhesives Newsletter, July- September 2008

"This book is a great resource for those new to the field or for those who already work in one area of nanotube research and wish to learn about other areas outside their area of expertise. It has good technical depth . . . very well written, with good explanations and lots of experimental as well as theoretical results."

– In IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008, Vol. 24, No. 1

"Owing perhaps to several recurring themes that effectively connect seemingly disparate topics, this eclectic collection of minibooks fits together nicely . . . will be a valuable resource for researchers."

–Glen P. Miller, University of New Hampshire, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, Vol. 129, No. 19

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