Nanostructured Carbon for Advanced Applications: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Nanostructured Carbon for Advanced Applications Erice, Sicily, Italy July 19–31, 2000: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, cartea 24

Nanostructured Forms of Carbon: an Overview.- Synthesis of Nanostructured Carbon.- Nano- and Microstructural Features in CVD Diamond Growth.- Cluster Assembling of Nanostructured Carbon.- Nanoporous and Nanofragmental Carbon Composite Materials.- Covalent Cluster-Assembled Carbon Solids.- Structural Characterization.- Diffraction by Carbon-Based Tubular and Helical Structures.- Mechanical Properties of Low-Dimensional Carbon Structures.- The Consequences of Decreasing Particle Size on the Raman Spectroscopy of Carbons.- Is there a’ Nanocrystalline Diamond’ Raman Peak in Nanocrystalline Diamond?.- Topology, Properties and Thermodynamics of Amorphous Carbon.- Optical and Transport Properties.- Spatially Resolved EELS on Carbon-Based Nanostructures.- Electronic Structure and Quantum Conductance of Carbon Nanotubes.- Thermal and Electrical Conductance of Carbon Nanostructures.- Optical Properties of the Carbon Onions.- Applications.- Field Emission from Nanocomposite Carbon.- Structure, Properties and Applications of Nanostructured Carbon Architectures.- Applications of Submicron Diameter Carbon Filaments.- A Theoretical Approach to Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes.- Acronyms.- List of Contributors.