From Basic Research to Nanotechnology Carbon Nanotubes

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
ARC DISCHARGE AND LASER ABLATION SYNTHESIS OF SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 1-18
SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY OF CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 19-42
STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF INDIVIDUAL SINGLEWALL CARBON NANOTUBE BY NANOAREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION....Pages 43-44
THE STRUCTURAL EFFECTS ON MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES BY THERMAL ANNEALING UNDER VACUUM....Pages 45-46
TEM SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR STUDYING THE INTERFACE CNTS-CATALYST-SUBSTRATE....Pages 47-48
A METHOD TO SYNTHESIZE AND TAILOR CARBON NANOTUBES BY ELECTRON IRRADIATION IN THE TEM....Pages 49-50
SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY STUDIES OF NANOTUBELIKE STRUCTURES ON THE HOPG SURFACE....Pages 51-52
INFLUENCE OF CATALYST AND CARBON SOURCE ON THE SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES IN A SEMI-CONTINUOUS INJECTION CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHOD....Pages 53-54
PECVD GROWTH OF CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 55-56
CARBON NANOTUBES GROWTH AND ANCHORAGE TO CARBON FIBRES....Pages 57-58
CVD SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES ON DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES....Pages 59-60
INFLUENCE OF THE SUBSTRATE TYPES AND TREATMENTS ON CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH BY CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION WITH NICKEL CATALYST....Pages 61-62
NON CATALYTIC CVD GROWTH OF 2D-ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 63-64
PYROLYTIC SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES ON Ni, Co, Fe/MCM-41 CATALYSTS....Pages 65-66
A GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION STUDY OF CARBON STRUCTURAL AND ADSORPTION PROPERTIES OF INZEOLITE TEMPLATED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES....Pages 67-68
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VIBRATIONAL AND RELATED PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 69-88
RAMAN SCATTERING OF CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 89-120
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF ISOLATED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 121-122
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ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT IN NANOTUBES AND THROUGH JUNCTIONS OF NANOTUBES....Pages 123-142
ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT IN CARBON NANOTUBES AT THE MESOSCOPIC SCALE....Pages 143-165
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WAVE PACKET DYNAMICAL INVESTIGATION OF STM IMAGING MECHANISM USING AN ATOMIC PSEUDOPOTENTIAL MODEL OF A CARBON NANOTUBE....Pages 167-168
CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS FOR OPTICAL ABSORPTION....Pages 169-170
INTERSUBBAND EXCITON RELAXATION DYNAMICS IN SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 171-172
PECULIARITIES OF THE OPTICAL POLARIZABILITY OF SINGLEWALLED ZIGZAG CARBON NANOTUBE WITH CAPPED AND TAPERED ENDS....Pages 173-174
THIRD-ORDER NONLINEARITY AND PLASMON PROPERTIES IN CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 175-176
HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING OF FAST ION INTERACTIONS WITH CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 177-178
LOCAL RESISTANCE OF SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AS MEASURED BY SCANNING PROBE TECHNIQUES....Pages 179-180
BAND STRUCTURE OF CARBON NANOTUBES EMBEDDED IN A CRYSTAL MATRIX....Pages 181-182
MAGNETOTRANSPORT IN 2-D ARRAYS OF SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 183-184
COMPUTER MODELING OF THE DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE OF SYMMETRY CONNECTED ARMCHAIR-ZIGZAG HETEROJUNCTIONS....Pages 185-186
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MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF GAS ADSORPTION AND ABSORPTION IN NANOTUBES....Pages 187-207
FIRST-PRINCIPLES AND MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF METHANE ADSORPTION ON GRAPHENE....Pages 209-210
EFFECT OF SOLVENT AND DISPERSANT ON THE BUNDLE DISSOCIATION OF SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES....Pages 211-212
CARBON NANOTUBES WITH VACANCIES UNDER EXTERNAL MECHANICAL STRESS AND ELECTRIC FIELD....Pages 213-214
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MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THREE-TERMINAL NANOTUBE JUNCTION DETERMINED FROM COMPUTER SIMULATIONS....Pages 215-216
OSCILLATION OF THE CHARGED DOUBLEWALL CARBON NANOTUBE....Pages 217-218
POLYMER CHAINS BEHAVIOR IN NANOTUBES: A MONTE CARLO STUDY....Pages 219-220
CARBON NANOTUBES AS CERAMIC MATRIX REINFORCEMENTS....Pages 221-222
CARBON NANOTUBES AS POLYMER BUILDING BLOCKS....Pages 223-224
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EPOXY-SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITES....Pages 225-226
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VAPOUR GROWN CARBON NANO-FIBERS – POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES AND THEIR PROPERTIES....Pages 227-228
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NANOTECHNOLOGY: CHALLENGES OF CONVERGENCE, HETEROGENEITY AND HIERARCHICAL INTEGRATION....Pages 229-230
BEHAVIOR OF CARBON NANOTUBES IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS....Pages 231-232
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS OF CARBON NANOTUBE-POLYPEPTIDE COMPLEXES AT THE BIOMEMBRANE-WATER INTERFACE....Pages 233-234
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT OF NANOFLUIDS....Pages 235-236
CARBON NANOTUBES AS ADVANCED LUBRICANT ADDITIVES....Pages 237-238
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IRON NANOSTRUCTURES INSIDE POROUS ZEOLITES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES....Pages 239-240
NANOSTRUCTURED CARBON GROWTH BY AN EXPANDING RADIOFREQUENCY PLASMA JET....Pages 241-242
DESIGN AND RELATIVE STABILITY OF MULTICOMPONENT NANOWIRES....Pages 243-244
MODELING OF MOLECULAR ORBITAL AND SOLID STATE PACKING POLYMER CALCULATIONS ON THE BI-POLARON NATURE OF CONDUCTING SENSOR POLY(P-PHENYLENE)....Pages 245-246
ND:LSB MICROCHIP LASER AS A PROMISING INSTRUMENT FOR RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY....Pages 247-248