Ebook: Nanostructured Carbon for Advanced Applications: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Nanostructured Carbon for Advanced Applications Erice, Sicily, Italy July 19–31, 2000

Materials scientists are currently facing the challenge of synthesising carbon nanostructures that can reproduce or even improve on the remarkable performance of fullerenes and nanotubes, but in a robust, three-dimensional structure. Recent advances in the assembling of clusters, manipulation and functionalisation, and the extension from pure graphite-like and diamond-like materials to mixed sp2/sp3 carbon-based materials with a controlled nanostructure are leading to an impressive array of advanced applications. This volume is an up-to-date account of progress in these areas, special attention being paid to the synthesis, structural and physical characterisation, theoretical simulation and technological applications of nanostructured carbon in its innumerable forms.
Readership: Graduate students, academic and industrial researchers in the field of nanophysics and related technologies.

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Materials scientists are currently facing the challenge of synthesising carbon nanostructures that can reproduce or even improve on the remarkable performance of fullerenes and nanotubes, but in a robust, three-dimensional structure. Recent advances in the assembling of clusters, manipulation and functionalisation, and the extension from pure graphite-like and diamond-like materials to mixed sp2/sp3 carbon-based materials with a controlled nanostructure are leading to an impressive array of advanced applications. This volume is an up-to-date account of progress in these areas, special attention being paid to the synthesis, structural and physical characterisation, theoretical simulation and technological applications of nanostructured carbon in its innumerable forms.
Readership: Graduate students, academic and industrial researchers in the field of nanophysics and related technologies.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Nanostructured Forms of Carbon : An Overview....Pages 3-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Nano- and Microstructural Features in CVD Diamond Growth....Pages 27-52
Cluster Assembling of Nanostructured Carbon....Pages 53-70
Nanoporous and Nanofragmental Carbon Composite Materials....Pages 71-88
Covalent Cluster-Assembled Carbon Solids....Pages 89-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Diffraction by Carbon-Based Tubular and Helical Structures....Pages 129-147
Mechanical Properties of Low-Dimensional Carbon Structures....Pages 149-167
The Consequences of Decreasing Particle Size on the Raman Spectroscopy of Carbons....Pages 169-176
Is there a “Nanocrystalline Diamond” Raman Peak in Nanocrystalline Diamond?....Pages 177-184
Topology, Properties and Thermodynamics of Amorphous Carbon....Pages 185-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Spatially Resolved EELS on Carbon-Based Nanostructures....Pages 201-232
Electronic Structure and Quantum Conductance of Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 233-261
Thermal and Electrical Conductance of Carbon Nanostructures....Pages 263-272
Optical Properties of the Carbon Onions....Pages 273-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Field emission from Nanocomposite Carbon....Pages 287-307
Structure, Properties and Applications of Nanostructured Carbon Architectures....Pages 309-329
Applications of Submicron Diameter Carbon Filaments....Pages 331-345
A Theoretical Approach to Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 347-356
Back Matter....Pages 357-368

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Materials scientists are currently facing the challenge of synthesising carbon nanostructures that can reproduce or even improve on the remarkable performance of fullerenes and nanotubes, but in a robust, three-dimensional structure. Recent advances in the assembling of clusters, manipulation and functionalisation, and the extension from pure graphite-like and diamond-like materials to mixed sp2/sp3 carbon-based materials with a controlled nanostructure are leading to an impressive array of advanced applications. This volume is an up-to-date account of progress in these areas, special attention being paid to the synthesis, structural and physical characterisation, theoretical simulation and technological applications of nanostructured carbon in its innumerable forms.
Readership: Graduate students, academic and industrial researchers in the field of nanophysics and related technologies.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Nanostructured Forms of Carbon : An Overview....Pages 3-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Nano- and Microstructural Features in CVD Diamond Growth....Pages 27-52
Cluster Assembling of Nanostructured Carbon....Pages 53-70
Nanoporous and Nanofragmental Carbon Composite Materials....Pages 71-88
Covalent Cluster-Assembled Carbon Solids....Pages 89-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Diffraction by Carbon-Based Tubular and Helical Structures....Pages 129-147
Mechanical Properties of Low-Dimensional Carbon Structures....Pages 149-167
The Consequences of Decreasing Particle Size on the Raman Spectroscopy of Carbons....Pages 169-176
Is there a “Nanocrystalline Diamond” Raman Peak in Nanocrystalline Diamond?....Pages 177-184
Topology, Properties and Thermodynamics of Amorphous Carbon....Pages 185-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Spatially Resolved EELS on Carbon-Based Nanostructures....Pages 201-232
Electronic Structure and Quantum Conductance of Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 233-261
Thermal and Electrical Conductance of Carbon Nanostructures....Pages 263-272
Optical Properties of the Carbon Onions....Pages 273-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Field emission from Nanocomposite Carbon....Pages 287-307
Structure, Properties and Applications of Nanostructured Carbon Architectures....Pages 309-329
Applications of Submicron Diameter Carbon Filaments....Pages 331-345
A Theoretical Approach to Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 347-356
Back Matter....Pages 357-368
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