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Preface
A promising class of nanostructured carbon-based materials, varied
from spherical empty fullerenes and endohedral fullerenes encapsulating
metal atoms to elongated carbon nanotubes and aggregated
nanohorns, has led to an explosion of research associated with
nanotechnology. Advances in Carbon Nanomaterials is a book that
offers a wide range of diverse information. Rather than focusing on
the latest developments in nanotechnology, the authors and editor
of the book, through an appealing collection of nine chapters, offer a
remarkably fresh and authoritative look at diverse areas and topics
of nanocarbon materials to scientists, researchers and students.
In Advances in Carbon Nanomaterials, contributions by experts in
diverse fields of chemistry, physics, materials science and medicine
provide a comprehensive survey of the current state of knowledge
of this constantly expanding subject. The book starts out with
Chapter 1 in the form of an encyclopedia of carbon nanoforms,
dealing with nomenclature and modelling of carbon nanomaterials,
with special emphasis on the topology and morphology of those
carbon nanostructures. Chapter 2 examines surfaces and thin films
of fullerenes, while focusing on morphology, electronic structure,
conduction and optical properties as well as phase transitions.
Chapter 3 gives an insight into the structure of carbon nanotubes
and the characterization of peapod materials with the aid of
high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Subsequently in
Chapter 4, the novel electro-optical properties of carbon nanotubes
are analysed through a wealth of spectroscopic evidence. Then,
in Chapter 5, important advances in the field of fullerene-based
electronics, together with an outline of the major electronic
properties of fullerenes are presented. Moving into chemistry,
Chapters 6 and 7 deal with the chemical functionalization of carbon