Description:
Nanotubes and Nanofibers offers an overview of structure-property relationships, synthesis and purification, and potential applications of carbon nanotubes and fibers, including whiskers, cones, nanobelts, and nanowires. Edited by a renowned authority in the field, contributors include well-known pioneers of continuous nanofibers, carbon nanotube research, inorganic nanotubes and commercialization. The book explains how recent advances can lead to improved nanomaterial properties for a range of new devices and applications including electronic devices, structural composites, hydrogen and gas storage, electrodes in electrochemical energy-storage systems, sorbents, and filters.