Learning objectives
The course will provide basic information on the most popular carbon based nanostructures: nanotubes and fullerenes.
Course unit content
<br />Nanotubes<br /> <br />Structural properties<br />Electronic properties<br />Mechanical properties <br />Magnetic properties<br />Plasma discharge or laser ablation production<br /> <br />Fullerenes<br /> <br />Structural and electronic properties<br />Anionic fullerides<br />Polymer fullerides<br />Magnetic and superconductive properties of fullerides<br />
Bibliography
<br />P. J. F. Harris, Carbon Nanotubes and related Structures, Cambridge University Press<br />M. Meyyappan, Carbon Nanotubes Science and Applications, CRC Press<br />L. Forro and L. Mihaly, Electronic properties of doped fullerenes, Rep. Prog. Phys. 64 (2001) 649.<br />C. H. Pennington, V. A. Stenger, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of C60 and fulleride superconductors, Rev. Mod. Phys. 68 (1996) 855