Carbon Nanotubes: Basic Concepts and Physical Properties (Hardcover)

~ Stephanie Reich (Author), Christian Thomsen (Author), Janina Maultzsch (Author) "Carbon nanotubes are hollow cylinders of graphite sheets..." (more)
Key Phrases: achiral tubes, helical quantum numbers, chirality dependence, After Ref, Applied Physics, New York (more...)

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"...physical concepts needed to understand and investigate carbon nanotubes are introduced..." -- Materials Today, June 2004

"The book gives for the first time a combined theoretical and experimental description of fundamental topics&" -- Polymer News

"There is considerable theoretical discussion that would be of value to graduate students and researchers inside this book's pages." -- Chip Scale Review, July 2004, (online: May 17, 2004)

"This book is…of interest to a wide range of scientists and graduate students in material science." (IEEE Circuits & Devices, July/August 2006)

"This little-over-200-page book is well organized with each chapter beginning with a brief introduction and ending with a short summary…physicists, chemists, and material scientists who do research in this field will also find this book useful…" (E-STREAMS, October 2004)

"The book gives for the first time a combined theoretical and experimental description of fundamental topics…" (Polymer News)

"...physical concepts needed to understand and investigate carbon nanotubes are introduced..." (Materials Today, June 2004)

"There is considerable theoretical discussion that would be of value to graduate students and researchers inside this book's pages." (Chip Scale Review, July 2004, (online: May 17, 2004))

Product Description

Carbon nanotubes are exceptionally interesting from a fundamental research point of view. Many concepts of one-dimensional physics have been verified experimentally such as electron and phonon confinement or the one-dimensional singularities in the density of states; other 1D signatures are still under debate, such as Luttinger-liquid behavior. Carbon nanotubes are chemically stable, mechanically very strong, and conduct electricity. For this reason, they open up new perspectives for various applications, such as nano-transistors in circuits, field-emission displays, artificial muscles, or added reinforcements in alloys.

This text is an introduction to the physical concepts needed for investigating carbon nanotubes and other one-dimensional solid-state systems. Written for a wide scientific readership, each chapter consists of an instructive approach to the topic and sustainable ideas for solutions. The former is generally comprehensible for physicists and chemists, while the latter enable the reader to work towards the state of the art in that area. The book gives for the first time a combined theoretical and experimental description of topics like luminescence of carbon nanotubes, Raman scattering, or transport measurements. The theoretical concepts discussed range from the tight-binding approximation, which can be followed by pencil and paper, to first-principles simulations. We emphasize a comprehensive theoretical and experimental understanding of carbon nanotubes including

- general concepts for one-dimensional systems
- an introduction to the symmetry of nanotubes
- textbook models of nanotubes as narrow cylinders
- a combination of ab-initio calculations and experiments
- luminescence excitation spectroscopy linked to Raman spectroscopy
- an introduction to the 1D-transport properties of nanotubes
- effects of bundling on the electronic and vibrational properties and
- resonance Raman scattering in nanotubes.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH (April 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3527403868
• ISBN-13: 978-3527403868
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,403,658 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Does the world need yet another carbon nanotube book?, July 8, 2004

By A Customer

Maybe, but I'm not sure this is it. It comes VERY close though. My complaint (which prevents me from buying my own copy) is that far too many important concepts are mentioned in passing with the reader sent to the literature for the details. For $130, a bit more completeness would be nice. I realize "serious" workers in the field will call me lazy for wanting a $130 book to be as self-contained as possible. So be it...