PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES Edited by Satoru Suzuki Physical and Chemical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/46029 Edited by Satoru Suzuki Contributors Charles C Chusuei, Anup Deb, Metin Aydin, Alexandra Fonseca, Bruno Lamas, Bruno Silva, Nelson Martins, Monica Oliveira, Hugo Calisto, Sylvio Freitas, Dong Wook Chang, Jong-Beom Baek, In-Yup Jeon,, Hyun-Jung Choi, Gemma Gabriel, Iñigo Martin-Fernandez, Rosa Villa, Philippe Godignon, Mª Teresa Martínez, Javier Hernández-Ferrer, Mavi Sánchez-Vives, Xavi Illa, Anton Guimera, Beatriz Rebollo, Toshiaki Kato, Junling Wang, Hock Guan Ong, Masaru Tachibana, Najib Kasti, Bo Xu, Jiang Yin, Zhiguo Liu, Xia Xin, Guiying Xu, Hongguang Li, Ruhong Zhou, Takeo Oku, Takafumi Kamimura, Eun-Soo Park, Eba Medjo Rolant Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2013 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Dejan Grgur Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published February, 2013 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Physical and Chemical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes, Edited by Satoru Suzuki p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-1002-6 free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at www.intechopen.com Contents Preface IX Section 1 Physical Properties 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Carbon Nanotubes in a Fluidic Medium: Critical Analysis 3 Maria Alexandra Fonseca, Sylvio Freitas, Bruno Lamas, Bruno Abreu, Hugo Calisto, Nelson Martins and Mónica Oliveira Characterization of Laser-Induced Defect Sand Modification in Carbon Nanotubes by Raman Spectroscopy 31 Masaru Tachibana Vibroelectronic Properties of Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Double-Walled Boron Nitride Nanotubes 53 Metin Aydin and Daniel L. Akins Section 2 Structural Properties 87 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Recent Progress of Plasma CVD for Structure Controlled Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 89 Toshiaki Kato and Rikizo Hatakeyama Synthesis, Atomic Structures and Properties of Boron Nitride Nanotubes 109 Takeo Oku Carbon Nanotubes Under Simple Tension and Torsion – Molecular/Structural Mechanics and the Finite Element Method 145 Najib A. Kasti ... - tailieumienphi.vn