Supercarbon
Subtitle: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Springer Series in Materials Science)
Contributors: Susumu Yoshimura (Editor); R.P.H. Chang (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9783540643791
Subjects: Electronic devices & materials; Materials science; Science/Mathematics; Graphite; Technology & Industrial Arts; Chemical Properties Of Materials; Inorganic Chemistry; Technology; Physics; Nanostructures; Engineering - General; Material Science; Technology / Nanotechnology; Carbon; Clathrate compounds; Fullerenes
First sentence: Carbon science gained high visibility with the discovery of fullerenes in 1985 [1] and carbon nanotubes in 1991 [2], and this visibility has been further heightened by the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry award to Curl, Kroto, and Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes.