tailieunhanh - CARBON NANOTUBES SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS

The extraordinary mechanical properties and unique electrical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have stimulated extensive research activities across the world since their discovery by Sumio Iijima of the NEC Corporation in the early 1990s. Although early research focused on growth and characterization, these interesting properties have led to an increase in the number of investigations focused on application development in the past 5 years. The breadth of applications for carbon nanotubes is indeed wide ranging: nanoelectronics, quantum wire interconnects, field emission devices, composites, chemical sensors, biosensors, detectors, etc. There are no CNT-based products currently on the market with mass market appeal, but some are in the making | CARBON NANOTUBES SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS EDITED BY M. Meyyappan NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field CA CRC PRESS Boca Raton London New York Washington . 2005 by CRC Press LLC Front cover Top row left structure of a carbon nanotube right schematic of a nanotube-based biosensor courtesy of Jun Li . Middle row left hydrogen functionalized single-walled nanotube courtesy of Charles Bauschlicher right patterned growth of carbon nanofibers using dc plasma chemical vapor deposition courtesy of Ken Teo Cambridge University . Bottom row left vertically aligned carbon nanotubes courtesy of Alan Cassell right atomic force microscope image of Red Dune sand which is a Mars simulant generated using a single-walled nanotube tip courtesy of Ramsey Stevens . Back cover This atomic force microscopy image showing the words carbon nanotube was created by scanning probe lithography using a carbon nanotube tip. The letters are 20 nm wide SiO2 anodized on H-passivated Si surface. Credit Keith Jones and Bruce Wallace of Veeco and Cattien V. Nguyen of NASA Ames Center for Nanotechnology. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carbon nanotubes science and applications edited by M. Meyyappan. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8493-2111-5 alk. paper 1. Carbon. 2. Nanostructured materials. 3. Tubes. I. Meyyappan M. II. Title. 2004 93 dc22 2004049389 This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reprinted material is quoted with permission and sources are indicated. A wide variety of references are listed. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information but the author and the publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or for the consequences of their use. Neither this book nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying microfilming and recording or by any .