Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Synthesis: Preparation methods, growth mechanisms and processing techniques
- 3 Structure
- 4 The physics of nanotubes
- 5 Nanocapsules and nanotest-tubes
- 6 The ultimate carbon fibre? The mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes
- 7 Curved crystals, inorganic fullerenes and nanorods
- 8 Carbon onions and spheroidal carbon
- 9 Future directions
- Name index
- Subject index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Synthesis: Preparation methods, growth mechanisms and processing techniques
- 3 Structure
- 4 The physics of nanotubes
- 5 Nanocapsules and nanotest-tubes
- 6 The ultimate carbon fibre? The mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes
- 7 Curved crystals, inorganic fullerenes and nanorods
- 8 Carbon onions and spheroidal carbon
- 9 Future directions
- Name index
- Subject index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Carbon Nanotubes and Related StructuresNew Materials for the Twenty-first Century, pp. vii - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1999