Supercarbon: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

✍ Scribed by Susumu Yoshimura (auth.), Dr. Susumu Yoshimura, Professor R. P. H. Chang (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 254
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 33
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a status report on the synthesis, properties, and applications of new carbonaceous materials. These materials are called pi-electron materials since they have extended pi-electron clouds in the solid state. They include carbon, nanotubes, fullerenes, and graphite. The major topics are the synthesis of graphite and carbon nanotubes at low temperatures, intercalation compounds of carbon nanotubes exhibiting universal conductance fluctuation, and technological applications of carbon materials in semiconductor physics, chemistry, and biology. The special properties of pi-electron materials give rise to the development of novel functional devices. This book is written for materials researchers, physicists, and research engineers involved in the development of these new carbon-based devices.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to π-Electron Materials....Pages 3-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
The Wonderful World of Carbon....Pages 9-29
Crystalline Ropes of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 31-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Formation of Nanotubes, Nanowires, and Nanoparticles in a Hydrogen Arc....Pages 43-50
The Geometry of Multishell Nanotubes....Pages 51-79
Catalytic Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 81-97
Graphitization of Carbonaceous Materials by Ni, Co and Fe....Pages 99-105
Intercalation into Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes: the Reaction That Distinguishes Russian Doll and Scroll Structural Types....Pages 107-117
Evidence for Quantum Transport in Carbon Nanotube Bundles....Pages 119-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Synthesis and Structure of Quasi-One-Dimensional Carbon Crystal “Carbolite” and Intercalation with Alkali Metals and Halogens....Pages 127-135
Novel Carbon-Based Host—Guest Systems....Pages 137-146
Carbonaceous Mesophase Formation and Molecular Composition of Petroleum Feedstocks....Pages 147-155
New π-Electron Materials: Preparation and Properties....Pages 157-174
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
“Rotoball”: A Strategy for Preparing Defect-Minimized Fullerene Monolayers....Pages 177-186
Carbonaceous Thin Film Made by CVD and Its Application for a Carbon/n-Type Silicon (C/n-Si) Photovoltaic Cell....Pages 187-210
Photoluminescence from Carbon/Silica Gel Nanocomposite....Pages 211-225
From Carbon to Biosonics....Pages 227-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Future Promise of π-Electron Materials....Pages 237-248
Back Matter....Pages 249-256

✦ Subjects

Nanotechnology; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Physical Chemistry; Engineering, general