Theoretical studies of doped carbon nanotube-based materials
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Andrew Wall, 'Theoretical studies of doped carbon nanotube-based materials', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2008, pp 200Download Item:
Abstract:
For the last fifteen years, carbon nanotubes have piqued the interest of many in the
materials research community, due to their superlative individual characteristics.
One possible route to their technological exploitation may lie through utilising their
interactions with other materials. Proposed uses for nanotubes, which depend crucially
on their behaviour when exposed to such foreign substances, variously include
use as sensors, as interconnects in electronic devices, as non-conventional transistor
elements, as conductive agents in non-conductive plastics, as hydrogen storage devices
and as components in super-tough fibres, capable of being used in light-weight
body armour. In each case of crucial im portance is the detailed interaction that
occurs between the nanoscopic carbon cylinders and other materials.
Author: Wall, Andrew
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Ferreira, MauroPublisher:
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