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CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES
the tensile strength of steel could be increased by 7 times if the steel had 30% by
weight of oriented carbon nanotubes in it. While all of these results are promising,
there is much work to be done in this area, particularly in developing methods to
incorporate the tubes into plastics and metals. This particular application, like some
of the applications discussed earlier, will, of course, require inexpensive bulk
fabrication of nanotubes.
FURTHER READING
P. M. Ajayan, “Carbon Nanotubes,” Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and NanotechP. G. Collins and P. Avouris, “Carbon Nanotubes,” Sci. Am., 62 (Dec. 2000).
M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, and P. C. Eklund Science of Fullerenes and Carbon
M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, and R. Saito, “Nanotechnology in Carbon Materials,” in
T. W. Ebbesen, “Carbon Nanotubes,” Phys. Today, 26 (June, 1996).
R. Saito, G. Dresselhaus, and M. S . Dresselhaus, Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes,
Scientific American, Sept. 2001 issue (contains a number of articles on nanotechnology).
R. E. Smalley and B. I. Yakobson, “Future of Fullerenes,” Solid State Commun. 107, 597
nology, H. S . Nalwa, ed., Academic Press, San Diego, 2000, Vol. 5 , Chapter 6, p. 375.
Nanotubes, Academic Press, San Diego, 1995.
Nanotechnology, G. Timp, ed., Springer-Verlag, 1998, Chapter 7, p. 285.
Imperial College Press, London, 1999.
(1998).
CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES
the tensile strength of steel could be increased by 7 times if the steel had 30% by
weight of oriented carbon nanotubes in it. While all of these results are promising,
there is much work to be done in this area, particularly in developing methods to
incorporate the tubes into plastics and metals. This particular application, like some
of the applications discussed earlier, will, of course, require inexpensive bulk
fabrication of nanotubes.
FURTHER READING
P. M. Ajayan, “Carbon Nanotubes,” Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and NanotechP. G. Collins and P. Avouris, “Carbon Nanotubes,” Sci. Am., 62 (Dec. 2000).
M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, and P. C. Eklund Science of Fullerenes and Carbon
M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, and R. Saito, “Nanotechnology in Carbon Materials,” in
T. W. Ebbesen, “Carbon Nanotubes,” Phys. Today, 26 (June, 1996).
R. Saito, G. Dresselhaus, and M. S . Dresselhaus, Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes,
Scientific American, Sept. 2001 issue (contains a number of articles on nanotechnology).
R. E. Smalley and B. I. Yakobson, “Future of Fullerenes,” Solid State Commun. 107, 597
nology, H. S . Nalwa, ed., Academic Press, San Diego, 2000, Vol. 5 , Chapter 6, p. 375.
Nanotubes, Academic Press, San Diego, 1995.
Nanotechnology, G. Timp, ed., Springer-Verlag, 1998, Chapter 7, p. 285.
Imperial College Press, London, 1999.
(1998).