Carbon Materials and Nanotechnology

Krüger, Anke

1. Edition March 2010
XIV, 476 Pages, Softcover
350 Pictures
22 tables
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ISBN: 978-3-527-31803-2

Wiley-VCH, Weinheim

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The first textbook to cover this exciting compound class, this introduction to the field of carbon nanotechnology discusses everything from nanowires to nanodiamonds, and from synthesis to applications.
From the contents:
* Carbon
* Fullerenes
* Carbon nanotubes
* Carbon onions and related structures
* Nanodiamonds
* Diamond films
Of interest not only for students but for all material scientists as well as organic and inorganic chemists, or anyone in need of a quick overview of the field.

CARBON
Historicla Overview
Structure and Bonding Properties
Synthesis
Physical Properties
Chemical Properties
Applications
Summary
FULLERENES
Historical Overview
Strucutre and Bonding Properties
Synthesis
Physical Properties
Chemical Properties
Applications
Summary
CARBON NANOTUBES
Introduction
Structure
Synthesis
Physical Properties
Chemical Properties
Applications
Summary
CARBON ONIONS AND RELATED STRUCTURES
Introduction
Structure
Synthesis
Physical Properties
Chemical Properties
Applications
Summary
NANODIAMONDS
Introduction
Structure
Synthesis
Physical Properties
Chemical Properties
Applications
Summary
DIAMOND FILMS
Historical Overview
Structure
Synthesis
Physical Properties
Chemical Properties
Applications
Summary
EPILOGUE

Anke Krüger is currently Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of Würzburg. After her postdoc at Toyohashi University of Technology with Professor Eiji Osawa, she became a researcher at the Otto-Diels-Institute of Organic Chemistry in Kiel in 2002, and a Junior Professor in 2007 at the same institution befofe moving to Würzburg in 2008.
Among her numerous awards are the PhD scholarship of the Fonds of the Chemische Industrie, JSPS/Feodor-Lynen Scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Liebig Habilitation Scholarship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie and the ADUC Jahrespreis für Habilitanden.

A. Krüger, Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany