Carbon nanotubes and related structures: synthesis, characterization, functionalization, and applications

Written by the most prominent experts and pioneers in the field, this ready reference combines fundamental research, recent breakthroughs and real-life applications in one well-organized treatise.As such, both newcomers and established researchers will find here a wide range of current methods for producing and characterizing carbon nanotubes usingimaging as well as spectroscopic techniques. One major part of this thorough overview is devoted to the controlled chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes, covering intriguing applications in photovoltaics, organic electronicsand materials design. The latest research on novel carbon-derived structures,such as graphene, nanoonions and carbon pea pods, round off the book.I. PRODUCTION, FORMATION AND PURIFICATION OF CARBON NANOTUBESProduction of Carbon NanotubesSeparation of Metallic from Semiconducting Carbon NanotubesTheory of Carbon NanotubesII. CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBON NANOTUBESMicroscopies for Carbon Nanotubes -TEM, STM, AFMFluorescence SpectroscopyRaman SpectroscopyBand StructuresIII. CHEMISTRY OF CARBON NANOTUBESCovalent ChemistrySupramolecular ChemistryElectrochemistryPhotoinduced Electron Transfer ProcessesIV. APPLICATIONS OF CARBON NANOTUBESPhotovoltaicsField-effect TransistorsTensile Strength and Rigid MaterialsBiological ApplicationsEngineering of Carbon-based StructuresV. OTHER CARBON NANOSTRUCTURESCarbon Nanohorns and NanoonionsPea PodsGraphenesEndohedral FullerenesDirk M. Guldi is Full Professor at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at theFriedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany. He received his PhD fromthe University of Cologne, followed by postdoctoral appointments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA, Syracuse University, and the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Berlin. His exceptional scientific achievements have been awarded with, among others, the prestigious Heisenberg fellowship of the German Research Foundation in 1999 and with the 2003 award of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. His research interests focus on charge separation in donor-acceptor ensembles and on the construction of nanostructured thin films for photoenergy conversion.Nazario Mart?n is Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University Complutense in Madrid, Spain, and vice-director of the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA-Nanoscience). In 2007 he received the DuPont Science Award in recognition of his notable contributions to the field of molecular solar cells. His research interests span a range of topics with an emphasis on the chemistry of carbon nanostructures such as fullerenes and CNTs. He serves on several journal editorial boards including ChemSusChem, and as regional editor for Europe of the journal Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures. Currently he is the President of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry.Carbon's special structures, such as diamond, graphite, and in particular fullerenes and nanotubes, have unique mechanical and electronic properties that have triggered a research boom over the past fifteen years. The resulting applications range from ultrahard films and supertensile materials to the exceptionally minute functionalities found in transistors, sensors, nanocontainers, andbiomedical applications.Written by the most prominent experts and pioneers in the field, this ready reference combines fundamental research, recent breakthroughs and real-life applications in one well-organized treatise. As such, both newcomers and established researchers will find here a wide range of current methods for producing and characterizing carbon nanotubes using imaging as well as spectroscopic techniques.One major part of this thorough overview is devoted to the controlled chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes, covering intriguing applications in photovoltaics, organic electronics and materials design. The latest findings onnovel carbon-derived structures, such as graphenes, nanoonions and carbon peapods, round off the book.A practical guide for materials scientists, chemists, solid state physicists,electrical engineers, and those working in the semiconductor industry.

• ISBN: 978-3-527-32406-4
• Editorial: Wiley-VCH
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 10/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés