CARBON-BASED NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS
cod. 18971

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica della materia (FIS/03)
Field
Discipline fisiche e chimiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The course will provide basic information on the most popular carbon based nanostructures: nanotubes and fullerenes.

Prerequisites

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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 /> 

Full programme

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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

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