Contents



Preface

This book provides guidance on the synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes and includes a number of applications. The authors collaborating in this project have summarized their experience and present advances in fields related to the synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes. The book contains 14 chapters, organized in four sections that cover important research aspects in modern technologies of carbon nanotubes. The first section consists of an introductory chapter prepared by the editor Hosam Saleh with Martin Koller aiming to present a brief background on the synthesis, characterization, and applications of carbon nanotubes.

The second section presents the synthesis and production of carbon nanotubes; it comprises four chapters of the following titles: Chapter 2 "Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes by Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition, prepared by Xiaodi Wang, K. Vinodgopal, and Gui-Ping Dai. Chapter 3, "Synthesis and Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Filled with Metal Halogenides and Metallocenes," is presented by Marianna V. Kharlamova and Dominik Eder. Chapter 4, "Carbon Nanotube from Unconventional Precursor-Optimization of Synthesis Parameters" is prepared by S. Karthikeyan and V. S. Angulakshmi. Chapter 5, "Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Production by PECVD," is submitted by Oleg I. Il'in, Marina V.

The third section presents the characterization of carbon nanotubes, which includes

six chapters conducting "Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Detection of Volatile Organic Pollutant", Chapter 6 written by Arti Rushi, Kunal Datta, Prasanta Ghosh, Ashok Mulchandani, and Mahendra Shirsat. Chapter 7, "Behavior of X-Ray Analysis of Carbon Nanotubes," is by Firas H. Abdulrazzak, Ayad F. Alkaim, and Falah H. Hussein. Chapter 8, "Conductive Effect of Increased Crystallinity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Field Emitter," is by Norihiro Shimoi. Chapter 9, "Electron Transport in the Assemblies of Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes," is by Vladimir Samuilov, Jean Galibert, and Nikolaj Poklonski. Chapter 10, "Surface Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes for Energy Applications," is by Mohamed R. Berber, Inas H. Hafez, and Mohamed Y. Mustafa. Chapter 11, "Vibration Characteristics of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Based on Nonlocal Elasticity Theory Using Wave Propagation Approach (WPA) Including Chirality," is by

The fourth section describes the risk management and limitation of carbon nanotubes, and includes three chapters discussing the "Cytotoxicity Evaluation of Carbon Nanotubes for Biomedical and Tissue Engineering Applications", Chapter 12 written by Narsimha Mamidi. Chapter 13, "Quality Control and Risk Management of Carbon Nanomaterials," is by Khalid Parwez and Suman V. Budihal. Chapter 14, "Advantages and Limitations of CNT-Polymer Composites in Medicine

and Dentistry," is by Neeraja Turagam and Durga Prasad Mudrakola.

The editor wishes to express his thanks to all the participants of this book for their valuable contributions and to Ms. Ivana Barac for her assistance in finalizing the

Il'ina, Nikolay N. Rudyk, Alexandr A. Fedotov, and Oleg A. Ageev.

Muzamal Hussain and Muhammad Nawaz Naeem.
