"Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes" ed. by Jose Mauricio Marulanda

This book concentrates on the semiconductor physics of carbon nanotubes, it brings unique insight into the phenomena encountered in the electronic structure when operating with carbon nanotubes. This book also presents to reader useful information on the fabrication and applications of these outstanding materials. The main objective of this book is to give in-depth understanding of the physics and electronic structure of carbon nanotubes.

Readers of this book should have a strong background on physical electronics and semiconductor device physics.
This book first discusses fabrication techniques followed by an analysis on the physical properties of carbon nanotubes, including density of states and electronic structures. Ultimately, the book pursues a significant amount of work in the industry applications of carbon nanotubes.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
1 Assembly of Carbon Nanotube Sheets
2 ACIose-Packed-Carbon-Nanotube Film on SiC for Thermal Interface Material Applications
3 Magnetic Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Characterization and Anisotropic Electrical Properties
4 Characterizing Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Improved Fabrication in Aqueous Solution Environments
5 Selective Separation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Solution
6 Fabrication of Carbon Nanotubes for High-Performance Scanning Probe Microscopy
7 Carbon Nanotube AFM Probe Technology
Part 2 Electronic Properties and Structure
8 One-Dimensional Crystals inside Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Growth, Structure and Electronic Properties
9 Geometric and Spectroscopic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Boron Nitride Nanotubes
10 Detection of Carbon Nanotubes Using Tip- Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
11 Spectro-Microscopic Study of Laser-Modified Carbon Nanotubes
12 Enhanced Control of Carbon Nanotube Properties Using MPCVD with DC Electrical Bias
13 Spin Dependent Transport Through a Carbon Nanotube Quantum dot in the Kondo Regime
14 A Density Functional Theory Study of Chemical Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes - Toward Site Selective Functionalization
15 Low-Energy Irradiation Damage in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
16 Exciton Dephasing in a Single Carbon Nanotube Studied by Photoluminescence Spectroscopy
17 A Numerical Study of the Vibration Spectrum for a Double-Walled Carbon Nanotube Model
18 Electronic Band Structure of Carbon Nanotubes in Equilibrium and None-Equilibrium Regimes
19 An Alternative Approach to the Problem of CNT Electron Energy Band Structure
20 Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of N@C60-SWCNT
21 Carbon Nanotubes Addition Effects on MgB2 Superconducting Properties
Part 3 Carbon Nanotube Applications
22 Carbon Nano Tube as VLSI Interconnect
23 Carbon Nanotube Based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (MTJs)for Spintronics Application
24 Mechanisms of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nucleation. Growth and Chirality-Control: Insights from QM/MD Simulations
25 Multiple Andreev Reflections and Enhanced Quantum Interferences with Reentrant Behavior in NbN/Network-like Carbon Nanotubes/NbN SNS Junctions
26 Quantum Calculation in Prediction the Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
27 Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes in the Presence of Vacancies and Related Energygaps
28 STM Observation of Interference Patterns near the End Cap and Its Application to the Chiral Vector Determination of Carbon Nanotubes
29 Liquid Crystal - Anisotropic Nanoparticles Mixtures
30 Strategies to Successfully Cross-Link Carbon Nanotubes