This book covers all the most important areas of nanotube research, as well as discussing related structures such as carbon naoparticles and ‘inorganic fullerenes’.

This is the first single-author book on carbon nanotubes. It will be of interest to chemists, physicists, material scientists and engineers working on carbon material and fullerenes from both academic and industrial backgrouds.

Acknowledgements

1 Introdcution

1.1 The discovery of fullerence-related carbon nanotubes

1.2 Chanracteristics of multiwalled nanotubes

1.3 Single-walled nanotubes

1.4 Pre-1991 evidence for carbon nanotubes

1.5 Nantube research

1.6 Organisation of the book

References

2 Synthesis: Preparation methods, growth mechanisms and processing techniques

2.1 Producion of multiwalled nanotubes: non-catalytic methods

2.2 Experiments on the heat treatment of fullerene soot

2.3 Catalytically produced multiwalled nanotubes

2.4 Nanotubes on TEM support grids: a work fo warning

2.5 Syngle-walled nanotubes

2.6 Theories of nanotube growth

2.7 purification of multiwalled tubes

2.8 Purificaion of single-walled tubes

2.9 Alignment of nanotube sqmples

2.10 Legth control of carbon nanotubes

2.11 Discussion

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3 Structure

3.1 Classificaion of tubular biological structures

3.2 Bonding in carbon material

3.3 The structure of carbon nanotubes: theoretical discussion

3.4 The physical stability of carbon nanotubes

3.5 Experimental studies of nanotube structure: multiwalled nanotubes

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4 The physics of nanotubes

5 Nanocapsules and nanotest-tubes

6 The ultimate carbon fibre? the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes

7 Curved crystals, inorganic fullerenes and nanorods

8 Carbon onions and spheroidal carbon

9 Future directions

Name index

Subject index