• to Carbon Materials Research.- Relation of Carbon Nanotubes to Other Carbon Materials.- Nanotube Growth and Characterization.- Growth Mechanisms of Carbon Nanotubes.- Nanotubes from Inorganic Materials.- Electronic Properties, Junctions, and Defects of Carbon Nanotubes.- Electrical Transport Through Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes.- Scanning Probe Microscopy Studies of Carbon Nanotubes.- Optical Properties and Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes.- Electron Spectroscopy Studies of Carbon Nanotubes.- Phonons and Thermal Properties of Carbon Nanotubes.- Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes.- Physical Properties of Multi-wall Nanotubes.- Applications of Carbon Nanotubes.

From the reviews: "Various aspects of nanotubes are ... treated in fourteen chapters, starting with a survey of historical and conceptual aspects by M. S. Dresselhaus and Ph. Avouris. ... This volume gives a comprehensive, and at the same time representative, survey of the present status of research in this fast-moving field. The wide spectrum of key theoretical and experimental aspects is covered on 447 pages. The volume certainly represents an excellent contribution to carbon-based materials science." (Z. Slanina, Fullerens, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures, Vol. 10 (2), 2002)