Carbon: the next silicon? Book 1, Fundamentals / Marc J. Madou, Victor H. Perez-Gonzalez, and Bidhan Pramanick.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. C-MEMS and C-NEMS introduction -- 1.1 Purpose of Chapter 1 -- 1.2 C-MEMS and C-NEMS: what is it? -- 1.3 In C-MEMS and C-NEMS the manufacturing method determines the carbon microstructure -- 1.4 Current and projected applications of C-MEMS and C-NEMS -- References.

2. The beautiful world of carbon -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Carbon materials -- 2.3 Applications of carbon materials -- 2.4 Challenges and opportunities in designing nanostructured carbon -- References.

3. Synthesis of nanocarbons and tuning of their properties -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Carbon materials -- 3.3 Functionalization of nanocarbons -- 3.4 Conclusions -- References.

4. Historical overview of carbon nanowire fabrication methods -- 4.1 Objective -- 4.2 CNWs compared with CNTs -- 4.3 Background of carbon nanowire fabrication processes -- 4.4 Conclusions -- References.

5. Carbon nanowire fabrication: C-MEMS -- 5.1 Objective -- 5.2 Fabrication of supporting structures for CNWs -- 5.3 Electrospinning -- 5.4 Electro-mechanical spinning -- 5.5 Conclusions -- References.

6. Organic xerogel-based C-MEMS -- 6.1 Introduction to organic and carbon xerogel -- 6.2 Importance of carbon xerogels -- 6.3 Synthesis of various morphologies in carbon xerogels -- 6.4 Fabrication of three-dimensional C-MEMS structures using RF-derived carbon xerogel -- 6.5 Electrochemical performance of RF-derived carbon xerogels -- 6.6 Summary -- References.

7. Surface modification of carbon materials -- 7.1 Purpose of Chapter 7 -- 7.2 Surface modification of carbon materials: an introduction -- 7.3 Plasma modification -- 7.4 Surface modification of carbonaceous materials -- 7.5 Concluding remarks -- References -- Index.

This book provides an introduction to the state-of-the art in C-MEMS/ C-NEMS with an emphasis on lithographically patterned photo-polymers, carbonized in an inert atmosphere. It is obvious that we can expand our perspective considerably by learning from the traditional carbon manufacturing community where researchers deal with a much wider variety of carbon feed stocks such as coal, coconut shell, wood, agricultural wastes and industrial wastes to make all types of useful carbons. In addition to their expertise in choosing the right catalysts to end up with the desired carbon nanomaterials from any of these feedstocks, these carbon scientists works with dry and wet pyrolysis processes. Wet pyrolysis process is also known as hydrothermal carbonization, a process new to the C-MEMS/C-NEMS community. The new concepts are introduced by discussing carbon nanomaterials synthesis aided with catalysts and chemistry and detailing the microstructure of the resulting nanocarbons. The performance of carbon materials is determined to a large extent by their surface and interfacial properties. The methods to tailor the surface activity of different carbon structures, how to characterize them and the potential applications derived from the modifications achieved are also discussed.

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