Ebook: Science and Application of Nanotubes

This series of books, which is published at the rate of about one per year, addresses fundamental problems in materials science. The contents cover a broad range of topics from small clusters of atoms to engineering materials and involve chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering, with length scales ranging from Ångstroms up to millimeters. The emphasis is on basic science rather than on applications. Each book focuses on a single area of current interest and brings together leading experts to give an up-to-date discussion of their work and the work of others. Each article contains enough references that the interested reader can access the relevant literature. Thanks are given to the Center for Fundamental Materials Research at Michigan State University for supporting this series. M. F. Thorpe, Series Editor E-mail: thorpe@pa. msu. edu East Lansing, Michigan V PREFACE It is hard to believe that not quite ten years ago, namely in 1991, nanotubes of carbon were discovered by Sumio Iijima in deposits on the electrodes of the same carbon arc apparatus that was used to produce fullerenes such as the “buckyball”. Nanotubes of carbon or other materials, consisting ofhollow cylinders that are only a few nanometers in diameter, yet up to millimeters long, are amazing structures that self-assemble under extreme conditions. Their quasi-one-dimensional character and virtual absence of atomic defects give rise to a plethora of unusual phenomena.

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This volume is a result of the Nanotube '99 Workshop, held in late July 1999. It is the most up-to-date compendium representing the state of the art in the rapidly developing field of nanotubes. An important focus is on the relative merits of the various techniques used to synthesize nanotubes of carbon and other materials. Another important issue addressed is the effect of synthesis conditions on the multitude of morphologies that have by now been observed, and the characterization of the structures. Important advances are reported in the understanding of mechanical and chemical properties of nanotubes, including their potential use for hydrogen storage and nano-manipulators in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). The unusual electronic properties of nanotubes, which seem to attract most attention in the field, are represented accordingly, alongside the first likely commercial application of nanotubes in high-efficiency flat-panel displays.

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This volume is a result of the Nanotube '99 Workshop, held in late July 1999. It is the most up-to-date compendium representing the state of the art in the rapidly developing field of nanotubes. An important focus is on the relative merits of the various techniques used to synthesize nanotubes of carbon and other materials. Another important issue addressed is the effect of synthesis conditions on the multitude of morphologies that have by now been observed, and the characterization of the structures. Important advances are reported in the understanding of mechanical and chemical properties of nanotubes, including their potential use for hydrogen storage and nano-manipulators in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). The unusual electronic properties of nanotubes, which seem to attract most attention in the field, are represented accordingly, alongside the first likely commercial application of nanotubes in high-efficiency flat-panel displays.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Filling Carbon Nanotubes Using an ARC Discharge....Pages 1-16
Simulation of STM Images and STS Spectra of Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 17-33
Applications Research on Vapor-Grown Carbon Fibers....Pages 35-51
The Growth of Carbon and Boron Nitride Nanotubes: A Quantum Molecular Dynamics Study....Pages 53-65
Nanoscopic Hybrid Materials: The Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Peapods, Cats and Kin....Pages 67-76
Comparative Study of a Coiled Carbon Nanotube by Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy....Pages 77-82
Investigation of the Deformation of Carbon Nanotube Composites Through the Use of Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 83-91
Electronic States, Conductance and Localization in Carbon Nanotubes with Defects....Pages 93-102
Physics of the Metal-Carbon Nanotube Interfaces: Charge Transfers, Fermi-Level “Pinning” and Application to the Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy....Pages 103-120
Single Particle Transtort Through Carbon Nanotube Wires: Effect of Defects and Polyhedral Cap....Pages 121-135
Carbon Nanotubes from Oxide Solid Solution: A Way to Composite Powders, Composite Materials and Isolated Nanotubes....Pages 137-149
Impulse Heating an Intercalated Compound Using a 27.12 MHz Atmospheric Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma to Produce Nanotubular Structures....Pages 151-168
The Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by CVD Catalyzed with Mesoporous MCM-41 Powder....Pages 169-180
Mechanical Properties and Electronic Transport in Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 181-193
Electrochemical Storage of Hydrogen in Carbon Single Wall Nanotubes....Pages 195-203
Direct Measurement of Binding Energy Via Adsorption of Methane on SWNT....Pages 205-213
Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes: Spectroscopy Localization and Electrical Breakdown....Pages 215-221
Field Emission of Carbon Nanotubes from Various Tip Structures....Pages 223-237
First and Second-Order Resonant Raman Spectra of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 239-251
On the ? – ? Overlap Energy in Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 253-274
Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 275-295
Low Energy Theory for STM Imaging of Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 297-320
Quantum Transport in Inhomogeneous Multi-Wall Nanotubes....Pages 321-331
Conductivity Measurements of Catalytically Synthesized Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 333-347
Fabrication of Full-Color Carbon-Nanotubes Field-Emission Displays: Large Area, High Brightness, and Hig Stability....Pages 349-354
Free Space Construction with Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 355-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-377
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