SUBJECT
Title
Carbon nanostructures
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
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