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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
xiv Preface nanohorns and endohedral metallofullerenes respectively Finally, applications in quantum computing and medicine conclude this fascinating overview of the field. Chapter 8 is dedicated to quantum computing with endohedral fullerenes, while Chapter 9 deals with the cell biology of carbon nanotubes Finally, special acknowledgements go to all authors who contributed to this book. Nikos Tagmatarchis Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute National Hellenic Research Foundation Athens, Hellas
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