**Meet the editor**

Dr. Satoru Suzuki earned an MS degree from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan in 1992, and joined the Research and Development Center, NTT Corporation. Since 1998, he has worked for Basic Research Laboratories, NTT. He obtained a PhD degree in Science from Tohoku University in 1999. Dr. Suzuki has mainly studied the electronic structures of electrode materials for

rechargeable lithium ion batteries, the electronic structures of pristine and doped carbon nanotubes, and low-energy irradiation damage specific to single-walled carbon nanotubes. He is currently also studying the synthesis and electric device applications of large-area graphene and hexagonal boron nitride.

Contents

**Preface IX**

**Section 1 Syntheses of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Composites 1**

**the JxB Arc-Jet Discharge Method 3** Tetsu Mieno and Naoki Matsumoto

**Control by Process Parameters 19**

**Physico-Chemical Properties 39**

Heon Sang Lee

Cassagnau

**Composite 117**

Chapter 1 **Production of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanoclusters by**

Chapter 2 **Large Arrays and Networks of Carbon Nanotubes: Morphology**

Chapter 3 **Classification of Mass-Produced Carbon Nanotubes and Their**

**Nanotubes: Arc-Discharge in Liquid Media (ADLM) 55**

**Multiwalled Carbon NanoTubes: a Particular Attention to**

Emmanuel Beyou, Sohaib Akbar, Philippe Chaumont and Philippe

**Carbon Nanotubes Filled Thermoplastic Natural Rubber (TPNR)**

Chapter 4 **Fabrication, Purification and Characterization of Carbon**

Chapter 5 **Polymer Nanocomposites Containing Functionalised**

**Polyolefin Based Materials 77**

Mohsen Jahanshahi and Asieh Dehghani Kiadehi

Chapter 6 **Characterization and Morphology of Modified Multi-Walled**

Chapter 7 **Mixtures Composed of Liquid Crystals and Nanoparticles 145**

Vlad Popa-Nita, Valentin Barna, Robert Repnik and Samo Kralj

Mou'ad A. Tarawneh and Sahrim Hj. Ahmad

I. Levchenko, Z.-J. Han, S. Kumar, S. Yick, J. Fang and K. Ostrikov
