The Crystal program for quantum-mechanical simulations of materials has been bridging the
realm of molecular quantum chemistry to the realm of solid state physics for many years …

Carbon-based nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have become the most
promising materials in biomedical, electronic and aerospace applications. When added to …

CARBON nanotubes1 are expected to have a wide variety of interesting properties.
Capillarity in open tubes has already been demonstrated2–5, while predictions regarding …

Raman spectroscopy is the inelastic scattering of light by matter. Being highly sensitive to
the physical and chemical properties of materials, as well as to environmental effects that …

Carbon nanotubes are a versatile material in which many aspects of condensed matter
physics come together. Recent discoveries have uncovered new phenomena that …

THE interest in carbon nanotubes has been greatly stimulated by theoretical predictions that
their electronic properties are strongly modulated by small structural variations1–8. In …

Dimensionality plays a critical role in determining the properties of materials due to, for
example, the different ways that electrons interact in three-dimensional, twodimensional …

Every process in physics is governed by selection rules that are the consequence of
symmetry requirements. The beauty and strength of group theory resides in the …

Elastic properties of carbon nanotubes and nanoropes are investigated using an empirical
force-constant model. For single and multiwall nanotubes the elastic moduli are shown to be …

This book covers all the most important areas of nanotube research, as well as discussing
related structures such as carbon nanoparticles and'inorganic fullerenes'. Carbon …