Nanotubes and Nanowires RSC [Hardcover]

Research and literature on nanomaterials has exploded in volume in recent years. Nanotubes (both of carbon and inorganic materials) can be made in a variety of ways, and they demonstrate a wide range of interesting properties. Many of these properties, such as high mechanical strength and interesting electronic properties relate directly to potential applications. Nanowires have been made from a vast array of inorganic materials and provide great scope for further research into their properties and possible applications. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the research areas of carbon nanotubes, inorganic nanotubes and nanowires including: synthesis; characterisation; properties; applications Nanotubes and Nanowires includes an extensive list of references and is ideal both for graduates needing an introduction to the field of nanomaterials as well as for professionals and researchers in academia and industry. This book should be useful to anyone in the field who needs to quickly sort through the vast amount of scientific literature dealing with nanowires and nanotubes.Given the large number of papers and the many methods now used to grow nanoscale materials, this book does a truly admirable job of summarizing the literature in this rapidly changing field. The topic of nanotubes and nanowires is very current and there is nothing quite like this book, which is succinct, easy to read, and covers an amazing amount of material. This book is ideal both for graduates needing an introduction to the field of nanomaterials as well as for professionals and researchers in academia and industry.1: Carbon Nanotubes; 1.1: Introduction; 1.2: Synthesis; 1.3: Structure, Spectra and Characterization; 1.4: Chemically modified nanotubes; 1.5: Electronic Properties; 1.6: Carbon nanotube composites and their properties; 1.7: Applications, potential and otherwise; 2: Inorganic Nanotubes; 2.1: Introduction; 2.2: Synthetic methods; 2.3: Specific cases; 2.4: Propertil“.