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Chemistry of Nanocarbons

Chemistry of Nanocarbons

by TakeshiAkasaka (Editor), Fred Wudl (Editor), ShigeruNagase (Editor)

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    Hardcover 2010

    $138.04
Synopsis

During the last decade, fullerenes and carbon nanotubes haveattracted special interest as new nanocarbons with novelproperties. Because of their hollow caged structure, they can beused as containers for atoms and molecules, and nanotubes can beused as miniature test-tubes.

Chemistry of Nanocarbons presents the most up-to-dateresearch on chemical aspects of nanometer-sized forms of carbon, with emphasis on fullerenes, nanotubes and nanohorns. All modernchemical aspects are mentioned, including noncovalent interactions, supramolecular assembly, dendrimers, nanocomposites, chirality, nanodevices, host-guest interactions, endohedral fullerenes, magnetic resonance imaging, nanodiamond particles and graphene. Thebook covers experimental and theoretical aspects of nanocarbons, aswell as their uses and potential applications, ranging frommolecular electronics to biology and medicine.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 526
 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 18 Jun 2010
ISBN 10: 0470721952
ISBN 13: 9780470721957

Media Reviews
This volume presents the most up-to-date research on the chemicalaspects (both experimental and theoretical) of nanometer-sizedforms of carbon, paying special attention to fullerenes, nanotubes, and nanohorns. Contributors discuss topics such as noncovalentinteractions, supramolecular assembly, dendrimers, nanocomposites, chirality, nanodevices, host-guest interactions, endohedralfullerenes, magnetic resonance imaging, nanodiamond particles, andgraphene. (Booknews, 1 April 2011)

All three editors are prolific authors in their own right, andtheir high standing among scientists in the nanocarbon communityhas enabled them to recruit an exceptionally distinguished team ofauthors for the chapters. The book is quite reasonably priced andbelongs in the personal libraries of all scientists who areactively engaged in research on the chemistry of nanocarbons. Everyuniversity chemistry library should also have a copy. (JACS, February 2011) The book does provide a usefulreference resource for the topics covered and is a likely additionto the international bookshelf. (Chemistry World, December2010)

Author Bio
Fred Wudl is a Professor of Chemistry and Materials andCo-Director of the Center for Polymers and Organic Solids at theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara. He is most widely knownfor his work on organic conductors and superconductors. Currentlyhe is interested in the optical and electrooptical properties ofprocessable conjugated polymers as well as in the organic chemistryof fullerenes.

Shigeru Nagase is Professor at the Institute forMolecular Science, Okazaki, Japan. He has made a wide range oforiginal contributions in theoretical and computational chemistry.He has performed many important studies of fullerene, endofullerenes, carbon nanotubes and carbon peapods as well assilicon and germanium clusters.

Takeshi Akasaka is Professor at the Center for TsukubaAdvanced Research Alliance TARA Center) and Department ofChemistry, University of Tsukuba, Japan. His research interestscover the development and chemical functionalization of fullerenes, metallofullerenes, endofullerenes and carbon nanotubes.