Carbon nanotechnology : recent developments in chemistry, physics, materials science and device applications /: recent developments in chemistry, physics, materials science and device applications. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Liming Dai.
• Other Names: Dai, Liming, 1961-
• Contents: Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- From conventional technology to carbon nanotechnology: The fourth industrial revolution and the discoveries of C60, carbon nanotube and nanodiamond -- Part I Synthesis and Structure of Carbon Nanomaterials -- Synthesis, growth mechanism and processing of carbon nanotubes -- Solid-state formation of carbon nanotubes -- Catalytic chemical vapor deposition of single-walled carbon nanotubes -- Fabrication of fullerene nanostructures -- Carbon blacks as the source materials for carbon nanotechnology -- Part II Chemistry and Physics of Carbon Nanomaterials -- Functionalization and applications of [60]fullerene -- Functionalization and applications of carbon nanotubes -- Biological activity of pristine fullerene C60 -- Separation of metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes -- Electrochemical properties of carbon nanotubes -- Carbon nanotubes: Surface, porosity, and related applications -- Carbon nanotubes as nanoelectromechanical systems components -- Part III Carbon Nanomaterials for Device Applications -- Aligned carbon nanotube membranes -- C60 and carbon nanotube sensors -- Carbon nanotubes for electron emitting devices -- Optical limiters and photovoltaic devices based on C60, carbon nanotubes and their nanocomposites -- Carbon nanotube and epoxy composites for military applications -- Polymer and carbon nanotube composites for space applications -- Outlook -- From carbon nanotechnology to bionanotechnology: Protein and peptide nanofibrils and nanowires -- Author index -- Subject index -- Last Page.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 733 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 620.193; Carbon; Nanostructured materials; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Nanotechnology & MEMS; Carbon; Nanostructured materials; Nanotechnologie; Kohlenstoffwerkstoff; Kohlenstoff-Nanoröhre; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080459325; 0080459323; 9780444518552
• Related ISBNs: 044451855X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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