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 International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of Energy Materials, and School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Prof. Sabu Thomas is the Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, India. He also serves as the Chairman of Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology Research Park (TrESPARK) in Kerala, India. Formerly, he was the Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. His ground-breaking research has covered the areas of polymer science and engineering, polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites and nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. Prof. Thomas has received several national and international awards in recognition for his work and recently received Honoris Causa (DSc) from the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France, in recognition for his contributions to polymer science and engineering. Prof. Thomas has published more than 1400 peer-reviewed research papers, reviews, and book chapters. He has also edited and written 210 books. His H-index stands at 139, accompanied by a citation count of 43,000. 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