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Carbon nanotubes have been studied extensively in relation to fullerenes, and together with fullerenes have opened a new science and technology field on nano scale materials. A whole range of issues from the preparation, structure, properties and observation of quantum effects in carbon nanotubes in comparison with 0-D fullerenes are discussed. In addition, complementary reviews on carbon nanoparticles such as carbon nano-capsules, onion-like graphite particles and metal-coated fullerenes are covered. This book aims to cover recent research and development in this area, and so provide a convenient reference tool for all researchers in this field. It is also hoped that this book can serve to stimulate future work on carbon nanotubes.
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CARBON NANOTUBES Elsevier Journals of Related Interest Applied Superconductivity Carbon Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids Nanostructured Materials Polyhedron Solid State Communications Tetrahedron Tetrahedron Letters CARBON NANOTUBES Edited by MORINUBO END0 Shinshu University, Japan SUM10 IIJIMA NEC, Japan MILDRED S. DRESSELHAUS Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA PERGAMON U.K. Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 lGB, U.K. U.S.A. Elsevier Science Inc., 660 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York 10591-5153, U.S.A. JAPAN Elsevier Science Japan, Tsunashima Building Annex, 3-20-12 Yushima Bunko-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan Copyright 0 1996 Elsevier Science Limited All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the publisher First edition 1