Carbon Nanotubes
Subtitle: Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Applications
Contributors: R.E. Smalley (Foreword); Mildred S. Dresselhaus (Editor); Gene Dresselhaus (Editor); Phaedon Avouris (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 20, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9783540410867
Subjects: Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids); Materials science; Technology; Materials For Engineering; Science; Science/Mathematics; Nanostructured materials; General; Material Science; Physics; Technology / Nanotechnology; Tubes; Carbon
First sentence: Very small diameter (less than 10 nm) carbon filaments were prepared in the 1970's and 1980's through the synthesis of vapor grown carbon fibers by the decomposition of hydrocarbons at high temperatures in the presence of transition metal catalyst particles of &lt;10nm diameter [1,2,3,4,5.6].