**Meet the editors**

Mohammed Muzibur Rahman received his BSc and MSc degrees from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, in 1999 and 2001, respectively. He received his PhD degree from the Chonbuk National University, South Korea, in 2007. After receiving his PhD degree, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor in pioneer research centers and

universities located in South Korea, Japan, and Saudi Arabia (2007 to 2011). Presently, he is working as an associate professor in Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR) and Chemistry Department at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, since 2011. He published more than 214 research articles and several proceedings in well-known high-impact ISI journals, attended more than 60 international and domestic conferences, and published several book chapters and 7 books as an editor. His research work has been largely in the area of carbon nanotubes, nanotechnology, sensors, surface chemistry, electrochemistry, instrumental science, nanomaterials, self-assembled monolayers, photochemistry, -chips and devices, etc.

Abdullah Mohamed Asiri received his PhD degree from the University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK, in 1995. He is the head of the Chemistry Department at King Abdulaziz University since October 2009, and he is the founder and the director of the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR). He is a professor of Organic Photochemistry. His research interest

covers color chemistry, synthesis of novel photochromic and thermochromic systems, synthesis of novel coloring matters and dyeing of textiles, materials chemistry, nanochemistry, nanotechnology, polymers, and plastics. He is the editor in chief of King Abdulaziz University Journal of Science. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of Pigments and Resin Technology (UK), Organic Chemistry in Sight (New Zealand), and Recent Patents on Materials Science (USA). He is the vice-president of Saudi Chemical Society (Western Province Branch).

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Applications 3**

**Section 2 State-of-the-Art Physical 9**

**Field Emitter 29** Norihiro Shimoi

Xianqi Wei

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Carbon Nanotubes and Their**

**Its Application in Spinning Thread 11**

Chapter 4 **Carbon Nanotubes as a Pulsed Electron Sources 51**

**Methodology and Outcomes 71**

Devashree Atre and Shashank Pant

Chapter 7 **Charged Carbon Nanotubes 109**

Chapter 5 **Electric Field Induced Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes:**

Chapter 3 **Stability and Reliability of an Electrical Device Employing**

Mohammed Muzibur Rahman and Abdullah Mohamed Asiri

Chapter 2 **Rapid Growth of Dense and Long Carbon Nanotube Arrays and**

Yasuhiko Hayashi, Karthik Paneer Selvam and Maik Scholz

**Highly Crystalline Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as a**

Ali Mohammad Amani, Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Seyyed Mojtaba

Keiichi Shirasu, Go Yamamoto, Daniel Nelias and Toshiyuki Hashida

Mousavi, Seyyed Milad Abrishamifar and Arash Vojood

Chapter 6 **Mechanical and Fracture Properties of Carbon Nanotubes 89**

**Section 1 Introduction 1**
