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EDITORIAL

Carbon nanotubes have been studied extensively in allotropes. Readers can then understand the fasci-
relation to fullerenes, and together with fullerenes nation of graphene sheets when they are rolled into
have opened a new science and technology field on a nanometer size tubular form from a flat network
nano scale materials. This book aims to cover recent corresponding to conventional graphite. This book
research and development in this area, and so provide also contains complementary reviews on carbon
a convenient reference tool for all researchers in this nanoparticles such as carbon nano-capsules, onion-
field. It is a.lso hoped that this book can serve to like graphite particles and metal-coated fullerenes.
stimulate future work on carbon nanotubes.
We hope this book will contribute to the dissemina-
Carbon nanotubes have the same range of diameters tion of present understanding of the subject and to
as fullerenes, and are expected to show various kinds future developments in the science and technology of
of size effects in their structures and properties. carbon nanotubes and fullerenes, and of carbon
Carbon nanotubes are one-dimensional materials and science more generally.
fullerenes are zero-dimensional, which brings differ-
ent effects to bear on their structures as well as on The editors thank all authors who contributed so
their properties. A whole range of issues from the many excellent papers covering all aspects of carbon
preparation, structure, properties and observation of nanotubes and the related fields. We are indebted to
quantum effects in carbon nanotubes in comparison the Editor-in-Chief of Carbon, Professor Peter A.
with 0-D fullerenes are discussed in this book. Thrower, for his suggestion and kind efforts, and also
to Dr V. Kiruvanayagam for her kind cooperation
In order to review the wide research area of carbon related to this book.
nanotubes this book focuses on recent intensive Morinobu Endo
work published in Carbon. The papers are written Sumio Iijima
from the viewpoint that carbon nanotubes, as well Mildred S. Dresselhaus
as fullerenes, are the most interesting new carbon Editors

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