Carbon Nanotubes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Popov, Valentin N. (Editor), Lambin, Philippe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 222
• Subjects: Materials science.; Nanotechnology.; Structural materials.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Materials Science.; Materials Science, general.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Structural Materials.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

It is about 15 years that the carbon nanotubes have been discovered by Sumio Iijima in a transmission electron microscope. Since that time, these long hollow cylindrical carbon molecules have revealed being remarkable nanostructures for several aspects. They are composed of just one element, Carbon,...