Computer-Based Modeling of Novel Carbon Systems and Their Properties: Beyond Nanotubes (Carbon Materials: Chemistry and Physics Book 3)

During the last twenty years, the multiplicity of potential carbon structures has consistently posed a formidable challenge to theoretical and computational physicists. Several different methods are currently being used to study the structure and the properties of such systems. These methods include simulations based on empirical potentials, tight-binding calculations and density functional theory (DFT). A combination of these methods is needed to make significant progress in the carbon field. This volume provides the reader with a survey of state-of-the-art theoretical and computational contributions featuring novel carbon systems (excluding nanotubes). The chapters are authored by leading researchers who are all actively involved with different aspects of carbon structure and property elucidation. Consequently, a variety of methods are presented to the reader. The editors have successfully compiled an informative book that: - showcases the latest results in carbon materials - demonstrates how different theoretical methods are combined - explains how new carbon structures are predicted __Computer-Based Modeling of Novel Carbon Systems and Their Properties__ is aimed at advanced undergraduates, graduates, and researchers with an interest in computational nanomaterials. Design with precision, explore your ideas in 3D, and create spectacular drawings. If you're new to AutoCAD 2011 or just a little rusty, this book will start the wheels turning and keep you rolling in the right direction. It includes practical advice, proven methods, and insider tips to get you up and running quickly. You'll be setting up the AutoCAD environment to create complex technical drawings and realistic 3D models in no time! Learn your way around; explore AutoCAD 2011 features as you set up a new drawing. 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The book is straightforward, easy to follow, and includes practical tips and notes that demystify this complex software even further. Gets you quickly up to speed on AutoCAD'X,'the leading technical drawing software from Autodesk Covers how to create a basic drawing, use AutoCAD Design Center, edit your drawings, use blocks, work with dimensions, add text, and draw on the Internet Includes updates on the latest features in AutoCAD “X” focusing on those that matter most to beginners Uses the popular For Dummies approach, which breaks down this intimidating topic into helpful, practical advice and how-tos for real people AutoCAD'X'For Dummies is what you need to get up to speed and start designing with this market-leading software! Front Matter....Pages i-vii Liquid Carbon: Freezing Line and Structure Near Freezing....Pages 1-36 Structure, Stability and Electronic Properties of Nanodiamonds....Pages 37-56 Hexagon Preserving Carbon Nanofoams....Pages 57-77 Simulations of the Structural and Chemical Properties of Nanoporous Carbon....Pages 79-128 Amorphous Carbon and Related Materials....Pages 129-169 Structural, Mechanical, and Superconducting Properties of Clathrates....Pages 171-206 Exotic Carbon Phases: Structure and Properties....Pages 207-240 Back Matter....Pages 241-249 Synthesizing the current research on carbon materials, this volume explores how varying methods can be combined while presenting how new carbon structures are predicted. The text serves as an up-to-date survey on the theoretical and computational research on novel carbon systems. 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