The expansion of carbon materials is multidisciplinary and is related to physics, chemistry, biology, applied sciences and engineering. The research on carbon materials has mostly focused on aspects of fundamental physics as they unique electrical, thermal and mechanical properties applicable for the range of applications. The electrons in graphene and other derived carbon materials behave as dirac fermions due to their interaction with the ions of the lattice. This direction has led to the discovery of new phenomena such as Klein tunneling in carbon based solid state systems and the so-called half-integer quantum Hall effect. Advanced Carbon Materials and Technology presents cutting-edge chapters on the processing, properties and technological developments of graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon fibers, carbon particles and other carbon based structures including multifunctional graphene sheets, graphene quantum dots, bulky balls, carbon balls, and their polymer composites.
This book brings together respected international scholars writing on the innovative methodologies and strategies adopted in carbon materials research area including
Synthesis, characterization and functionalization of carbon nanotubes and graphene
Surface modification of graphene
Carbon based nanostructured materials
Graphene and carbon nanotube based electrochemical (bio)sensors for environmental monitoring
Carbon catalysts for hydrogen storage materials
Optical carbon nanoobjects
Graphene and carbon nanotube based biosensors
Carbon doped cryogel films
Bioimpact of carbon nanomaterials
Photocatalytic nature of carbon nanotube based composites
Engineering behavior of ash fills
Fly ash syntactic foams microstructure