Handbook of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials. Micro and Nano Technologies

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction to carbon

2. Fullerenes and their applications

3. Carbon nano-onions: Synthesis, characterization, and application

4. Nanodiamonds: From synthesis to applications

5. Synthesis, characterization, and applications of graphene quantum dots

6. Carbon nanotubes

7. Applications of carbon nanotubes

8. Biomedical applications of carbon nanotubes

9. Carbon nanoflakes and nanofibers

10. 2D carbon graphdiyne: Fundamentals and applications

11. Graphene: The magic material

12. Biomedical applications of graphene

13. Graphitic carbon nitride: Synthesis and characterization

14. Graphitic carbon nitride: Applications

15. Modified graphitic carbon nitride: Synthesis, characterization, and applications: A comparative study

16. Transition metal carbide-MXene

17. Carbon nanospheres

18. Carbon aerogels: Synthesis, properties, and applications

19. Activated carbon: Synthesis, properties, and applications

20. Biocompatibility and biomedical applications of various carbon-based materials

Index

Authors

Sabu Thomas Director, International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatam Gandhi University, India. Professor Sabu Thomas is Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatam Gandhi University, India. He is also currently the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park) Trivandrum, India. Prof. Sabu Thomas is well-known for his research contributions in the field of nano-engineering and polymer science and engineering, including polymer nanocomposites, hybrid composites, applied optics, surface-enhanced spectroscopy, chemical physics and green nanotechnology. He has received many international and national awards and recognitions. Under the leadership of Prof. Thomas, Mahatma Gandhi University has been transformed into a top University in the country where excellent outcome-based education is imparted to the students for their holistic development. Professor Thomas has received more than 30 national and international awards. Sarathchandran C. Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Sciences, Amrita School of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr. Sarathchandran C is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Sciences, Amrita School of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was previously Scientist (Contract) at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Trivandrum, India S.A Ilangovan Deputy Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Trivandrum, India. S.A Ilangovan is Deputy Director at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in the Indian Space Research Organization, Trivandrum, India. Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraj�n Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, Universidad de los Andes, Bogot�, Colombia. Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraj�n studied chemistry and obtained its PhD in Chemistry at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and as of July 1995 he is linked to the chemistry department of the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad de los Andes (Bogot�, Colombia). Obtaining a Magna Cum Laude grade both in his undergraduate thesis as well as in his PhD thesis. He is Director of the Porous Solids and Calorimetry research group. His area of interest is calorimetry applied to the characterization of porous solids, which he uses in the characterization of special materials. He designs and builds his own calorimeters in particular immersion and adsorption calorimeters. He has more than 350 publications on thermodynamics to his name