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Carbon Nanotubes: Properties, Applications, and Commercialization, Second Edition
	Author: Michael J. O'Connell Publisher: CRC Press Category: Book List Price: ~~$119.95~~ Buy New: $108.61 as of 5/23/2012 10:00 CDT details You Save: $11.34 (9%) In Stock Seller: Amazon.com Sales Rank: 1,366,090 Media: Hardcover Edition: 2 Pages: 525 ISBN: 1439813205 Dewey Decimal Number: 540 EAN: 9781439813201 ASIN: 1439813205 Publication Date: April 1, 2012 Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping Availability: Not yet published



Editorial Reviews: Product Description Since their discovery more than a decade ago, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have held scientists and engineers in captive fascination, seated on the verge of enormous breakthroughs in areas such as medicine, electronics, and materials science, to name but a few. Taking a broad look at CNTs and the tools used to study them, Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Applications comprises the efforts of leading nanotube researchers led by Michael Oa (TM)Connell, protA(c)gA(c) of the late father of nanotechnology, Richard Smalley. Each chapter is a self-contained treatise on various aspects of CNT synthesis, characterization, modification, and applications. The book opens with a general introduction to the basic characteristics and the history of CNTs, followed by discussions on synthesis methods and the growth of a oepeapoda structures. Coverage then moves to electronic properties and band structures of single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs), magnetic properties, Raman spectroscopy of electronic and chemical behavior, and electromechanical properties and applications in NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems). Turning to applications, the final sections of the book explore mechanical properties of SWNTs spun into fibers, sidewall functionalization in composites, and using SWNTs as tips for scanning probe microscopes. Taking a fresh look at this burgeoning field, Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Applications points the way toward making CNTs commercially viable.