Eleventh International conference on vacuum ultraviolet radiation physics Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on vacuum ultraviolet radiation physics, Tokyo, Japan, 27 August–1 September 1995: Edited by T Miyahara, Y Azuma, M Watanabe and T Ishii Published in three volumes. Reprinted from the ‘Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena’. VUV-11, Part A from Volume 78(1996), 38 + 553 pp.; VUV-11, Part B from Volume 79(1996), 22 + 553 pp.; VUV-11 Part C from volume 80 (1996), 22 + 557 pp. Elsevier Science B.V. Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1996, 1745 pp. ISBN 0-444-82245-3. NLG 745.00/US$ 465.75
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- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
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- English
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- 48
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- Article
- ISSN
- 0042-207X
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✦ Synopsis
is the most recent one published for 32 years (with Volume 1, in 1965) and continues to present the more recent advances in carbon research developments and applications, with comprehensive reviews of all the topics covcrcd. In this context, with the general interest in carbon at about the same time (in 1964) a regular annual journal 'Carbon' was published; with Volume 33 in 1995. of which Dr Thrower (a member of the American Carbon Society) serves as Editor-in-Chief.
This volume contains three chapters, with a lirst one on 'Carbynca linear chainlike carbon allotrobe' by Russian Scientists: Yu P Kudryavtsev ct al. (from Moscow). who have considcrablc experience in the study of their natural occurrence and production.
As pointed out by the editor: linear carbons such as carbynes may not be stable in storage. Hence, whether there is any practical future for the USC of carbynes in significant quantities remains to be seen.
The second very detailed review by Ernst Hoinkis (from the Neutron Scattering Center, Hahn-Meitner-Institut in Berlin, Germany) deals with the 'Small-Angle Scattering of Neutrons and X-rays from Carbons and Graphites'.
This must certainly bc regarded as a state-of-the-art chapter on this subject. By covering also his own activities in this field in the last ten years, it will certainly provide an important source of reference in this area; for years to come.
The third and final chapter, contributed by Ljubisa R Radovic (from Pennsylvania State University Park, Pennsylvania) and Francisco Rodrigucz-Reinoso (University of Alicante, Alicantc, Spain) is concerned with the use ofcarbon as a catalyst suppport. and as a catalyst in its own right. As pointed out. these are the two aspects of its many interesting properties that arc brought together in this fascinating contribution. This chapter therefore provides an important introduction to the surface propcrtics of carbonaceous materials and the ways in which these can be= employed in a wide variety of important processes. Further comments on this topic: The continued interest in all the various aspects of carbon was emphasized in the recengt 'Physics News' review, published in the journal Physics World (March 1996) Volume 9 p. 61-62. This mentions the interest and activities of the British Carbon Group (with 230 members, all active in the physical and engineering applications of carbon science. other than organic chemistry and biological aspects). As pointed out. this is matched across Europe and further afield with groups in America and Japan.* Also mentioned are the most recent developments and interest in the 'bucky ball', i.e. the discovery of the C,,, or buckminster-fullcrine:
with its wide ranging applications. With refcrcncc to the study on 'The Fullerenes', a detailed book on this, cditcd by H W Kroto, J E Fisher and B E Cox, was