1 Structures and Properties of Carbon Nanotubes / Jie Han --
1.1 Bonding of Carbon Atoms 2 --
1.2 Defect-Free Nanotube 3 --
1.3 Defective Nanotubes 6 --
1.4 Electronic Properties 8 --
1.5 Optical and Optoelectronic Properties 12 --
1.6 Mechanical and Electromechanical Properties 14 --
1.7 Magnetic and Electromagnetic Properties 17 --
1.8 Chemical and Electrochemical Properties 18 --
1.9 Thermal and Thermoelectric Properties 21 --
2 Computational Nanotechnology of Carbon Nanotubes / Deepak Srivastava --
2.2 Multiscale Simulation Techniques for Computational Nanotechnology 27 --
2.3 Structure and Symmetry 31 --
2.4 Nanomechanics and Thermal Properties 32 --
2.5 Chemical Functionalization, Physisorption, and Diffusion in Carbon Nanotubes 45 --
2.6 Nanoelectronics and Sensors 53 --
3 Growth of Carbon Nanotubes by Arc Discharge and Laser Ablation / Alexander P. Moravsky, Eugene M. Wexler, Raouf O. Loutfy --
3.2 Arc Discharge Production of MWNTs 66 --
3.3 MWNT Production by Laser Ablation of Graphite 75 --
3.4 Arc Discharge Production of SWNTs 75 --
3.5 Arc Discharge Production of DWNTs 82 --
3.6 SWNT Production by Laser Ablation of Carbon-Metal Target 90 --
4 Growth: CVD and PECVD / M. Meyyappan --
4.2 Growth Apparatus 100 --
4.3 Catalyst Preparation 104 --
4.4 Growth Results 105 --
4.5 Growth Mechanisms 110 --
4.6 Modeling and Diagnostics 112 --
4.7 Challenges and Future Directions 112 --
5 Characterization Techniques in Carbon Nanotube Research / K. McGuire, A. M. Rao --
5.2 Electron Microscopy 117 --
5.3 Atomic Force and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy 119 --
5.4 Properties Characterization 121 --
5.5 Electrical Conductivity Measurements 122 --
5.6 Thermoelectric Measurements 124 --
5.7 Raman Spectroscopy 125 --
5.8 X-Ray Diffraction 133 --
6 Applications in Scanning Probe Microscopy / Cattien V. Nguyen --
6.2 Development of the Atomic Force Microscope and the Role of the Scanning Probe 138 --
6.3 Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes in the Context of SPM Applications 144 --
6.4 Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Scanning Probes 146 --
6.5 Applications of Carbon Nanotube Probes 151 --
7 Nanoelectronics Applications / Toshishige Yamada --
7.1 Carrier Characterization 163 --
7.2 Doping Methods 167 --
7.4 Intermolecular Metal-Semiconductor SWNT Heterojunctions 174 --
7.5 SWNT pn Junction as Esaki Diode 176 --
7.6 Single-Electron Tunneling Devices Using SWNTs 179 --
7.7 Other Semiconducting SWNT Devices 184 --
7.8 Transport in Metallic SWNTs 186 --
7.9 General Remarks on NanoFETs 187 --
8 Field Emission / Philippe Sarrazin --
8.2 Structure and Microstructure of CNT Field Emitters 197 --
8.3 Applications of CNT Emitters 200 --
9 Carbon Nanotube Applications: Chemical and Physical Sensors / Jing Li --
9.2 Carbon Nanotube Chemical Sensors 214 --
9.3 Carbon Nanotube Physical Sensors and Actuators 227 --
10 Applications: Biosensors / Jun Li --
10.2 Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Biosensors 238 --
10.3 Biosensing Applications 242 --
11 Applications: Composites / E. V. Barrera, M. L. Shofner, E. L. Corral --
11.2 Nanotube Superiority 255 --
11.3 Polymer Nanocomposites 259 --
11.4 Nanotube-Metal Composites 266 --
11.5 Ceramic Matrix Composites 267 --
12 Other Applications / M. Meyyappan --
12.1 Applications in Integrated Circuit Manufacturing 277 --
12.2 Catalyst Support and Adsorbents 278 --
12.3 Storage/Intercalation of Metals 278 --
12.4 Membranes and Separation 278.
