The first textbook to cover this exciting compound class, this introduction to the field of carbon nanotechnology discusses everything from nanowires to nanodiamonds, and from synthesis to applications. From the contents: * Carbon * Fullerenes * Carbon nanotubes * Carbon onions and related structures * Nanodiamonds * Diamond films Of interest not only for students but for all material scientists as well as organic and inorganic chemists, or anyone in need of a quick overview of the field.

Anke Krüger is currently Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of Würzburg. After her postdoc at Toyohashi University of Technology with Professor Eiji Osawa, she became a researcher at the Otto-Diels-Institute of Organic Chemistry in Kiel in 2002, and a Junior Professor in 2007 at the same institution befofe moving to Würzburg in 2008. Among her numerous awards are the PhD scholarship of the Fonds of the Chemische Industrie, JSPS/Feodor-Lynen Scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Liebig Habilitation Scholarship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie and the ADUC Jahrespreis für Habilitanden.

CARBON Historicla Overview Structure and Bonding Properties Synthesis Physical Properties Chemical Properties Applications Summary FULLERENES Historical Overview Strucutre and Bonding Properties Synthesis Physical Properties Chemical Properties Applications Summary CARBON NANOTUBES Introduction Structure Synthesis Physical Properties Chemical Properties Applications Summary CARBON ONIONS AND RELATED STRUCTURES Introduction Structure Synthesis Physical Properties Chemical Properties Applications Summary NANODIAMONDS Introduction Structure Synthesis Physical Properties Chemical Properties Applications Summary DIAMOND FILMS Historical Overview Structure Synthesis Physical Properties Chemical Properties Applications Summary EPILOGUE