"Syntheses and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Composites" ed. by Satoru Suzuki

This book covers recent research topics regarding syntheses techniques of carbon nanotubes and nanotube-based composites, and their applications. This book will be helpful to many students, engineers and researchers working in the field of carbon nanotubes.

The book will be of interest to physicists, chemists, material scientists, engineers, and students who are working on carbon nanotubes both in the academic and industrial domains

Contents
Preface
Section 1 Syntheses of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Composites
1 Production of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanoclusters by the JxB Arc^Jet Discharge Method
2 Large Arrays and Networks of Carbon Nanotubes: Morphology Control by Process Parameters
3 Classification of Mass-Produced Carbon Nanotubes and Their Physico-Chemical Properties
4 Fabrication, Purification and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes: Arc-Discharge in Liquid Media (ADLM)
5 Polymer Nanocomposites Containing Functionalised Multiwalled Carbon NanoTubes: a Particular Attention to Polyolefin Based Materials
6 Characterization and Morphology of Modified Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Filled Thermoplastic Natural Rubber (TPNR) Composite
7 Mixtures Composed of Liquid Crystals and Nanoparticles
8 Toward Greener Chemistry Methods for Preparation of Hybrid Polymer Materials Based on Carbon Nanotubes
9 Carbon Nanotubes and Their Composites
10 Kinetics of Growing Centimeter Long Carbon Nanotube Arrays
11 Carbon Nanotubes from Unconventional Resources: Part A: Entangled Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Part B: Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotubes
12 Toroidal and Coiled Carbon Nanotubes
Section 2 Electrical and Biomedical Applications of Carbon Nanotubes
13 Carbon Nanotubes for Use in Medicine: Potentials and Limitations
14 Carbon Nanotube Transparent Electrode
15 Latest Advances in Modified/Functionalized Carbon Nanotube-Based Gas Sensors
16 Carbon Nanotube Composites for Electronic Interconnect Applications
Section 3 Carbon Nanotubes for Green Technologies
17 Carbon Nanotubes Influence on Spectral, Photoconductive, Photorefractive and Dynamic Properties of the Optical Materials
18 Interconnecting Carbon Nanotubes for a Sustainable Economy
19 Carbon Nanotube-Enzyme Biohybrids in a Green Hydrogen Economy
20 Adsorption of Methylene Blue on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Sodium Alginate Gel Beads
21 The Role of Carbon Nanotubes in Enhancement of Photocatalysis
22 Carbon Nanotubes for Energy Applications