Preface ....................................................... vii
Chapter 1 An Introductory Note on Carbon Nanotubes ............. 1
Ajay Kumar Mishra
Chapter 2 The Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Multi-Walled
Carbon Nanotube Forests by Thermal Chemical Vapor
Deposition ........................................... 9
Mike Chang, Parham Yaghoobi, Waqas Khalid, and
Alireza Nojeh
Chapter 3 About Breakdown and Encapsulation of Catalyst
Particles in the Growth of Carbon Nanotubes ......... 25
V.A. Nebolsin and A.Yu. Vorobév
Chapter 4 Flames and Microwave Plasma Enhanced CVD Synthesis
of Carbon Nanotubes ................................. 33
Z.A. Mansurov and El-Shazly M. Duraia
Chapter 5 Carbon Nanotubes Produced by Pyrolysis of
Sustainable Materials ............................... 65
Dilip C.D. Nath and Veena Sahajwalla
Chapter 6 Chemical Vapor Depositions for Carbon
Nanotubes Synthesis ................................. 87
Jan Prasek, Jana Drbohlavova, Jana Chomoucka,
Jaromir Hubalek, Ondrej Jasek, Vojtech Adam and
Rene Kizek
Chapter 7 A Review on the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube
Thin Films ......................................... 107
Rachel L. Muhlbauer and Rosario A. Gerhardt
Chapter 8 Application of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) in the
Development of Nanocomposites Based on
Biodegradable Polymers ............................. 157
Silvia Goyanes, Celina Bernal and Lucia Famá
Chapter 9 Synthesis, Reaction and Mechanism of Polymer-
Carbon Nanotubes Nanocomposites .................... 185
Arjun Maity and Ajay Kumar Mishra
Chapter 10 Electronic Properties of Single and Double Wall
Carbon Nanotubes ................................... 201
Richard Pincak, Michal Pudlak and Jan Smotlach
Chapter 11 Isotope Enriched Carbon Nanotubes .................. 227
Sara D. Costa, Cristiano Fantini, Ariete Righi
and Marcos A. Pimenta
Chapter 12 Formation, Stabilities, and Electronic Properties
of Nitrogen Defects in Carbon Nanotubes:
A Density-Functional Study ......................... 239
Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Chapter 13 Structural Properties of Gamma and Laser
Irradiated Carbon Nanotubes ........................ 255
Z. Marković, S. Jovanović and B. Todorović
Marković
Chapter 14 Electronic Structures and Quantum Conductance
of Doped Carbon Nanotubes .......................... 267
Qingyi Shao, Aqing Chen and Juan Zhang
Chapter 15 Classification of the Achiral Tubular
Nanoclusters ....................................... 283
O.E. Glukhova
Chapter 16 Preparation and Characterization of Transparent
and Conductive Thin Films with Carbon Nanotubes .... 319
Bo-Таu Liu and Chao-Hsiang Hsu
Chapter 17 Coupling of Metal Nano Particles with Carbon
Nanotubes, Synthesis and Applications .............. 337
Moni Chauhan
Chapter 18 Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes by Chemical Vapor
Deposition on Iron Nanoparticles Synthesized from
Oxide Precursors ................................... 365
N. Morales, M. Felisberto, L. Sacco, R. Candal,
G. Rubiolo and S. Goyanes
Index ......................................................... 401
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