Perspectives of fullerene nanotechnology : [... chapters ... based on invited talks presented before a two-day International Fullerenes Workshop held in Tokyo in February 2001

The first ever book on the applications of fullerenes and nanotubes. World's experts on the industrial use of these new forms of carbon contributes chapters, that are based on lectures given in a large workshop held on February 2001, and expanded thereafter. The contents are intended for those who are interested in the exploration of industrial applications of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes. Past, Present and Future of Fullerene Nanotubes: Buckytubes....Pages 3-10 Novel Nanostructures: from Metal-Filled Carbon Nanotubes to MgO Nanoferns....Pages 11-19 Some Aspects of Fullerene Application....Pages 23-33 Commercial Production of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 35-46 Field Emission Microscopy of Carbon Nanotubes....Pages 49-55 Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Display....Pages 57-65 Thin Film Carbon Nanotube Cathodes for Field Emission Flat Panel Display and Light Source Application....Pages 67-81 Pyrolytic Carbon Nanofibers and Nanotubes: Structure and Applications....Pages 83-92 From Conducting Polymers to Carbon Nanotubes: New Horizons in Plastic Microelectronics and Carbon Nanoelectronics....Pages 93-111 Self-assembly of Inorganic Nanotubes Synthesised by the Chemical Transport Reaction....Pages 113-124 Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes and Single-Wall Carbon Nanohorns....Pages 125-129 FT-ICR Reaction Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Precursor Clusters for SWNTs....Pages 131-142 Application and Commercial Prospects of Fullerenes in Medicine and Biology....Pages 145-153 Nanomedicine: Fullerene and Carbon Nanotube Biology....Pages 155-163 Free Radical Scavenging and Photodynamic Functions of Micelle-like Hydrophilic Hexa(sulfobutyl)fullerene (FC 4 S)....Pages 165-183 Sonodynamic Effect of Polyethylene glycol-conjugated Fullerene on Tumor....Pages 185-196 Mechanical Properties of Polymerized, Amorphous, and Nanocrystalline Carbon Phases Prepared from Fullerite C 60 under Pressure....Pages 199-216 Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films from Fullerene Precursors....Pages 217-222 Properties and Applications of Superhard and Ultrahard Fullerites....Pages 223-233 Role of Fullerene-like Structures in the Reactivity of Shungite Carbon as Used in New Materials with Advanced Properties....Pages 237-251 Formation of Nanostructured Carbons under Hydrothermal Conditions....Pages 253-264 Advanced Thermal Protection Coating Using Fullerenes....Pages 267-273 Ablative and Flame-Retardant Properties of Fullerenes....Pages 275-280 Gas-Phase Hydrogenation of Fullerenes....Pages 281-287 Hydrogenation of Alkali Metal-Doped Fullerenes....Pages 289-292 Unique Fullerene-Based Highly Microporous Carbons for Gas Storage....Pages 293-303 Use of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes for Fabrication of Efficient Electron Field Emitters....Pages 305-309 Aligned Carbon-Nanotubes for Sensor Applications....Pages 311-316 Carbon Nanotube-Polycarbonate Composites....Pages 317-325 Physical Hydrogen Storage on Nanotubes and Nanocarbon Materials....Pages 327-339 Nanotubes as Anode Material for Lithium-ion Batteries....Pages 341-355 Fullerene Materials for Lithium-ion Battery Applications....Pages 357-367 In 1960 Roger Bacon, working for the National Carbon Company, a division of Union Carbide Corporation, reported, in a remarkably lucid and thorough account, his discovery of sub-micrometer diameter graphite whiskers grown in a d.c. carbon arc under high pressure (93 atm) of an inert gas [2].