SUBJECT

Title

Carbon nanostructures

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

3

Recommended in

Semester 2

Typically offered in

Spring semester

Course description

Discovery of C60, historical survey, isolated cage like molecules; Properties of fullerenes in gas -, liquid - and solid phases; Doped fullerenes, superconductivity; fullerene polymers; Preparation of single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes; Geometry, electronic structure and vibration properties of carbon nanotubes; Applications of carbon nanotubes

Readings

required readings:

  • Synopses of the lectures, downloadable files from the home page of the lecture

recommended readings:

  • M.S.Dresselhaus, G.Dresselhaus, P.C.Eklund: Science of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes, Academic Press, San Diego, 1996
  • R.Saito, G.Dresselhaus, M.S.Dresselhaus: Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes, Imperial College Press, London, 1998
  • S.Reich, Ch.Thomsen, J.Maultzsch: Carbon Nanotubes, Basic Concepts and Physical Properties, Wiley-VCH, Berlin, 2004