Emerging Carbyne: Truly One-Dimensional Form of Carbon (Hardcover)

1. Historical Survey of "Carbyne" Research Leading to This Book 2. Formation and Characterization of Polyynes in Liquid and Solid Media 3. Growth of Polyynes by Laser Ablation in Solution 4. Discovery of Carbon Nanowires and Mass Production of Single-Walled Carbon Nanowires by Polyyne Fusion 5. Synthesis of Long Linear Carbon Chains Confined in Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 6. Atomistic Simulations of Formation Processes of Carbon Nanowires 7. Synthesis of Confined Carbyne Inside Carbon Nanotubes by Thermal Annealing 8. Linear Carbon Chains Formed by Electric Discharge of Carbon Nanotube Cathode 9. Structural and Electrical Characterization of Atomic Carbon Chains in the Electron Microscope 10. Carbon Chain Stripped from Graphene and Carbon Nanotube 11. Superconductivity of One-Dimensional Carbon