Carbon Nanotechnology

Recent Developments in Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science and Device Applications

1st Edition - April 18, 2006

Editor: Liming Dai

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Nanotechnology is no longer a merely social talking point and is beginning to affect the lives of everyone. Carbon nanotechnology as a major shaper of new nanotechnologies has evolved into a truly interdisciplinary field, which encompasses chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, materials science and engineering. This is a field in which a huge amount of literature has been generated within recent years, and the number of publications is still increasing every year. Carbon Nanotechnology aims to provide a timely coverage of the recent development in the field with updated reviews and remarks by world-renowned experts. Intended to be an exposition of cutting-edge research and development rather than a kind of conference proceeding, Carbon Nanotechnology will be very useful not only to experienced scientists and engineers, who wish to broaden their knowledge of the wide-ranging nanotechnology and/or to develop practical devices, but also to graduate and senior undergraduate students who look to make their mark in this field of the future.

FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Chapter 1: From conventional technology to carbon nanotechnology: The fourth industrial revolution and the discoveries of C60, carbon nanotube and nanodiamond
- Publisher Summary
- 1. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
- 2. NANOTECHNOLOGY—THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- 3. CARBON NANOTECHNOLOGY
Chapter 2: Synthesis, growth mechanism and processing of carbon nanotubes
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES
- 3. MECHANISM OF GROWTH
- 4. PURIFICATION AND SEPARATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES AND RELATED ASPECTS
Chapter 3: Solid-state formation of carbon nanotubes
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION OF A BALL MILLING-ANNEALING METHOD
- 2. HIGH-ENERGY BALL MILLING
- 3. HIGH ENERGY BALL MILLING OF GRAPHITE
- 4. SOLID-STATE FORMATION PROCESS OF CNTs
- 5. FORMATION MECHANISMS
- 6. SUMMARY
Chapter 4: Catalytic chemical vapor deposition of single-walled carbon nanotubes
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND
- 2. CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF SWNT
- 3. DISCUSSIONS
- 4. SUMMARIES AND OUTLOOKS
Chapter 5: Fabrication of fullerene nanostructures
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. THE FORMATION OF HIGHLY-ORDERED C60 AND C70 ADLAYERS ON SINGLE-CRYSTAL SURFACES
- 3. ADLAYERS OF CALIXARENE AND CALIXARENE/FULLERENE COMPLEX
- 4. ELECTROCHEMICAL CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHLY ORDERED C60 DERIVATIVE/PPV COMPOSITE ADLAYER ON CU(111)
- 5. THE FABRICATION OF FULLERENE NANOWIRES
- 6. THE ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBE FILM
Chapter 6: Carbon blacks as the source materials for carbon nanotechnology
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. REVIEW OF SOOT AND CARBON BLACKS
- 3. THE STRUCTURE AND FORMATION MECHANISM OF CARBON BLACKS
- 4. CARBON BLACKS AS INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS
- 5. CARBON NANO-ONIONS
- 6. PRODUCTION OF DIAMOND FROM SOOT
- 7. PRODUCTION OF C60/C70 AND SMALL CARBON NANO-ONIONS BY PYROLYSIS
- 8. A TENTATIVE PROPOSAL FOR CARBON BLACKS-DERIVED NANO-CARBON INDUSTRIES
Chapter 7: Functionalization and applications of [60]fullerene
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- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. CYCLOADDITIONS REACTIONS
- 3. NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITION TO [60]FULLERENE
- 4. MATERIALS-ORIENTED APPLICATIONS
Chapter 8: Functionalization and applications of carbon nanotubes
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- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES
- 3. NON-COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES
- 4. FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES WITH OTHER PHYSICAL CHEMICAL METHODS
- 5. SELF-ASSEMBLY OF MODIFIED CARBON NANOTUBES
- 6. FUNCTIONALIZATION OF ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES
- 7. POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF THE MODIFIED CARBON NANOTUBES
- 8. CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 9: Biological activity of pristine fullerene C60
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. WHY PRISTINE FULLERENE C60?
- 3. WHAT CAN BE INTERESTING IN PRISTINE FULLERENE FOR MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY?
- 4. PRISTINE FULLERENE C60 PREPARATIONS FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
- 5. IS PRISTINE FULLERENE C60 TOXIC?
- 6. CONCLUSION
Chapter 10: Separation of metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes
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- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
- 3. ENRICHMENT AND SEPARATION
- 4. OUTLOOK
Chapter 11: Electrochemical properties of carbon nanotubes
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. CARBON NANOTUBE-BASED ELECTRODES
- 3. CARBON NANOTUBE FUNCTIONALISATION
- 4. ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES
- 5. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTION
Chapter 12: Carbon nanotubes: Surface, porosity, and related applications
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- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. ADSORPTION IN CARBON NANOTUBES
- 3. POROUS STRUCTURE OF CARBON NANOTUBES
- 4. SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS OF CARBON NANOTUBES
- 5. CAPILLARITY AND FILLING IN CARBON NANOTUBES
- 6. CONTROL AND MODIFICATION OF SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS AND POROUS STRUCTURE OF CARBON NANOTUBES
- 7. RELATED APPLICATIONS
- 8. CONCLUDING REMARKS
Chapter 13: Carbon nanotubes as nanoelectromechanical systems components
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES
- 3. ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES
- 4. THERMAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES
- 5. INTERACTION BETWEEN GASES AND CARBON NANOTUBES
- 6. INTERACTION BETWEEN WATER/ELECTROLYTES AND CARBON NANOTUBES
- 7. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEMS FROM CARBON NANOTUBES
Chapter 14: Aligned carbon nanotube membranes
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- 1. GRAND CHALLENGES AND APPLICATIONS OF MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY
- 2. CURRENT POROUS MEMBRANE SYSTEMS AND CHALLENGES
- 3. ORDERED NANO-POROUS MEMBRANES
- 4. CARBON NANOTUBE TRANSPORT THEORY
- 5. APPROACH TO MAKING MWCNT MEMBRANES
- 6. TRANSPORT THROUGH CNTS
- 7. ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION AND BI- FUNCTIONALITY
- 8. FUTURE D IRECTIONS
Chapter 15: C60 and carbon nanotube sensors
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. FULLERENE C60 SENSORS
- 3. CARBON NANOTUBE SENSORS
- 4. CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 16: Carbon nanotubes for electron emitting devices
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. FIELD EMISSION FROM SINGLE CNTs
- 3. CNT FILM EMITTERS
- 4. APPLICATIONS OF CNT CATHODES TO ELECTRON EMITTING DEVICES
- 5. CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 17: Optical limiters and photovoltaic devices based on C60, carbon nanotubes and their nanocomposites
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. OPTICAL LIMITING PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS
- 3. ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH CARBON NANOMATERIALS
- 4. OUTLOOK
- 5. SUMMARY
Chapter 18: Carbon nanotube and epoxy composites for military applications
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS
- 3. MILITARY APPLICATIONS
- 4. SUMMARY
Chapter 19: Polymer and carbon nanotube composites for space applications
- Publisher Summary
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. SPACE E NVIRONMENT
- 3. POTENTIAL SPACE APPLICATIONS OF CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITES
- 4. SUMMARY
Chapter 20: From carbon nanotechnology to bionanotechnology: Protein and peptide nanofibrils and nanowires
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- 1. BIONANOTECHNOLOGY
- 2. SIMILARITIES BETWEEN FULLERENE C AND VIRUSES
- 3. FULLERENE-BINDING PEPTIDE DOMAIN
- 4. BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES: PROTEINS, PEPTIDES, AND PRIONS
- 5. NATURAL NANOSTRUCTURES: NANOFIBRILS AND NANOWIRES
- 6. HUMAN PATHOLOGY AND PROTEIN GALVANIZATION
- 7. APPLICATIONS OF BIONANOTECHNOLOGY: DIAGNOSTICS, TREATMENTS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Author Index
Subject Index