Fullerenes: Principles and Applications: Volume 20 (Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849731365 ISBN 13: 9781849731362

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011

Synopsis

The discovery of caged carbon structures, in 1985, established a whole new field of carbon chemistry. Unlike graphite and diamond, these structures known as fullerenes are finite in structure and are relevant to a wide variety of fields including supramolecular assemblies, nanostructures, optoelectronic devices and a whole range of biological activities. Fullerenes: Principles and Applications discusses all aspects of this exciting field. Sections include: the basic principles for the chemical reactivity of fullerenes, electrochemistry, light induced processes, fullerenes for material sciences, fullerenes and solar cells, biological applications and multifunctional carbon nanotube materials. Written by leading experts in the field the book summarises the basic principles of fullerene chemistry but also highlights some of the most remarkable advances that have occurred in recent years. Fullerenes: Principles and Applications will appeal to researchers in both academia and industry.

About this title

Review:

"...a thin yet substantial volume. History and current research and related fields, including even a chapter on architecture, come together in this book." Istvan Hargittal, The Chemical Intelligencer

Book Description:

In 1990, Buckminsterfullerene C60 was isolated for the first time in macroscopic amounts. This book presents papers from key scientists in the Buckminsterfullerene story.

About this edition

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1849731365
• ISBN 13: 9781849731362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 634
• Editor: Langa De La Puente Fernando, Nierengarten Jean-Francois