Carbon Nanotubes: Quantum Cylinders of GrapheneThis volume is devoted to mostly to nanotubes, unique synthetic nanoscale quantum systems whose physical properties are often singular (i.e. record-setting). Nanotubes can be formed from a myriad of atomic or molecular species, the only requirement apparently being that the host material or “wall fabric be configurable as a layered or sheet-like structure. Nanotubes with sp2-bonded atoms such as carbon, or boron together with nitrogen, are the champions of extreme mechanical strength, electrical response (either highly conducting or highly insulating), and thermal conductance. Carbon nanotubes can be easily produced by a variety of synthesis techniques, and for this reason they are the most studied nanotubes, both experimentally and theoretically. Boron nitride nanotubes are much more difficult to produce and only limited experimental characterization data exist. Indeed, for boron nitride nanotubes, theory is well ahead of experiment. For these reasons this volume deals largely with carbon nanotubes. Conceptually, the "building block" for a carbon nanotube is a single sheet of graphite, called graphene. Recently, it has become possible to experimentally isolate such single sheets (either on a substrate or suspended). This capability has in turn fueled many new theoretical and experimental studies of graphene itself. It is therefore fitting that this volume contains also a chapter devoted to graphene. - Comprehension- Overview- Highlights in the field |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Quantum theories for carbon nanotubes | 29 |
Chapter 3 The electronic properties of carbon nanotubes | 49 |
Chapter 4 Raman spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes | 83 |
Chapter 5 Optical spectroscopy of singlewalled carbon nanotubes | 109 |
Chapter 6 Structural properties and nanoelectromechanical systems applications | 135 |
Chapter 7 LowEnergy Electronic Structure of Graphene and its Dirac Theory | 171 |
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Carbon Nanotubes: Quantum Cylinders of Graphene Susumu Saitō,Alexander Karlwalter Zettl No preview available - 2008 |
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Appl applications atomic atomic force microscope Avouris band bandgap BN nanotubes Brillouin zone bundles carrier catalyst Chem chemical chiral chiral angle CNTs density devices Dirac dispersion doping Dresselhaus and M.S. effects Elaser electrical electronic properties electronic structure emission excitation excitonic experimental Fermi Fermi energy Fermi points fluorescence frequency fullerenes function geometry graphene graphene sheet graphite Iijima imaging interaction Jorio Kataura plot laser lattice M.A. Pimenta M.S. Dresselhaus materials measured mechanical metallic SWNTs method microscopy multiwalled carbon nanotubes MWCNT MWNTs nanoscale nanostructured nanoswitch nanotweezers observed phonon Phys physical polarization pseudospin quantization quantum quasiparticle R.E. Smalley Raman scattering Raman spectra Raman spectroscopy resonance Raman S.G. Louie Saito sample Schottky barrier Science semiconducting semiconducting SWNTs shells shown in Fig single-walled carbon nanotubes single-walled nanotubes species spin substrate surface SWCNTs SWNT symmetry synthesis temperature theoretical thermal tight-binding model transition energies tube voltage wavelengths Zettl