Nanotubes and Nanofibers

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.