5. Carbon Nanostructures

  1. Konrad Szaciłowski1,2

Published Online: 16 MAY 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9780470710883.ch5

Book Title

Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale

Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale

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How to Cite

Szaciłowski, K. (2012) Carbon Nanostructures, in Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470710883.ch5

Author Information

  1. 1

    Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

  2. 2

    Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 16 MAY 2012
  2. Published Print: 22 JUN 2012

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470710722

Online ISBN: 9780470710883

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Keywords:

  • carbon nanostructures, carbon-based in molecular logic devices;
  • graphene, electronic structure and properties;
  • chirality in graphene and a ‘Berry phase’;
  • chemical doping of graphene, and electron concentrations;
  • graphene nanoribbons, band gap inversely proportional to width;
  • quantum-chemical, edge functionalization and band edge shift;
  • nanotube-based, stimuli-sensitive anchored to nanotube;
  • conjugated, polyaromatic, arranging into supramolecular structures;
  • Wannier–Mott excitons, in inorganic narrow band gap, and carbon nanotubes;
  • electronic device miniaturization, for processible semiconductors

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Nanoforms of Carbon

  • Electronic Structure and Properties of Graphene

  • Carbon Nanotubes

  • Conjugated and Polyaromatic Systems

  • Nanocarbon and Organic Semiconductor Devices

  • References

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