Part I. Diffraction, Imaging, and Spectroscopy of
Carbon-Based Nanotubes
1. Diffraction and Imaging of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
L.-C. Qin
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Structure Description
1.3 Morphological Study
1.4 Determination of Helicity
1.5 Discussion
1.6 Summary
i.7 Appendix
2. Electron Diffraction and Microscopy of Single-Walled
Carbon Nanotube Bundles
J.-F. Colomer and G. Van Tendeloo
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Direct Observation of SWNT Bundles
2.3 Electron Diffraction of SWNT Bundles
2.4 SWNT Bundles Produced by Different Methods
2.5 Discussion
2.6 Conclusions
3. Nanodiffraction of Carbon Nanotubes
J. M. Cowley
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Nanodiffraction from Single-Walled Nanotubes
3.3 Ropes of Nanotubes
3.4 Multiwalled Nanotubes (MWnT)
3.5 Nanoshells
3.6 The Use of Nanotubes and Nanoshells for Imaging Experiments
3.7 Conclusions and Discussion
4. The Smallest Carbon Nanotubes
N. Wang
4.1 Introduction
4.2 How Small can Carbon Nanotubes be?
4.3 Ultrasmall Carbon Nanotubes
4.4 TEM Contrast of the Innermost Tube in 0.4 nm
Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
4.5 Novel Properties of 0.4 nm Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
4.6 Summary
5. Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy of
Carbon Nanotubes and Onions
T. Stockli
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Plasmon Losses
5.3 Core Losses
5.4 Concluding Remarks
6. Carbon Nanostructures Under the Electron Beam:
Formation of New Structures and In-Situ Study of
Radiation-Induced Processes
S. Trasobares and P. M. Ajayan
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Electron Beam Effect on Graphite, Carbon Nanotubes, and Onions
6.3 Using the Microscope as a Nano-Laboratory for Creating
New Structures
6.4 In-Situ Activation and Property Measurements of Carbon Nanotubes
with the Electron Beam
6.5 Conclusions
Part II. Nanomeasurements of Carbon Nanotubes
based on In-Situ TEM
7. ln-Situ Mechanical Properties of Nanotubes and Nanowires
Z. L. Wang
7.1 Static Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes by
Atomic Force Microscopy
7.2 Measuring Dynamic Bending Modulus by Electric
Field-Induced Mechanical Resonance
7.3 Young's Properties of Composite Nanowires
7.4 Summary
8. In-Situ Field Emission of Carbon Nanotubes
Z. L. Wang
8.1 The Fowler-Nordheim Equation for Field Emission
8.2 Field Emission from Arrays of Carbon Nanotubes
8.3 Work Function at the Tips of Carbon Nanotubes
8.4 Electrostatic Charges on Carbon Nanotubes
8.5 Mapping the Electrostatic Potential at the Nanotube Tips
8.6 Field Emission-Induced Structural Damage
8.7 Nanothermometer and Nanobearing
8.8 Summary
9. In-Situ Electric Transport of Carbon Nanotubes
Z. L. Wang, P. Poncharal, W. A. de Heer, and C. Hui
9.1 Ballistic Quantum Conductance: What is it?
9.2 Ballistic Quantum Conductance at Room Temperature
9.3 ln-Situ Measurements
9.4 Quantum Conductance and Surface Contamination
9.5 Top-Layer Transport in MWNT
9.6 Summary
Part III. Tubular Structures and Nanocrystals Grown by
Filling Nanotubes
10. Electron Microscopy of Boron Nitride Nanotubes
D. Golberg and Y. Bando
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Morphology of BN NTs as Revealed by HRTEM
10.3 BN NT Helicity and Atomic Structure as Revealed by HRTEM
and Electron Diffraction
10.4 Electron Microscopy of Filled BN NTs
10.5 In-Sim TEM Observations of BN NT Electron-Irradiation-
Induced Changes
10.6 Electron-Energy Loss Spectroscopy and Energy-Filtered Elecm
Microscopy of BN and C-Doped BN NTs
10.7 Summary
11. Inorganic Nanoparticles with Fu!!erene-like Structure and
Inorganic Nanotubes
R. Tenne and R. Popovitz-Biro
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Classification of the Folding Mechanisms of Inorganic Compou
which Lead to Close Cage Structures and Nanotubes
11.3 Thermodynamic, Structural, and Topological Considerations
11.4 Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Nanotubes
11.5 Conclusions
12. Integral Atomic Layer Architectures of ID Crystals Inserted into
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
d. Sloan, A. 1. Kirkland, J. L. Hutchison, and M. L. H. Green
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Synthesis of l D Crystals within SWNTs
12.3 Computer Simulations of 2 ~ 2 and 3 ~ 3 KI Crystals in
Variable Diameter SWNT
12.4 ID Crystals Derived from Polyhedral Framework Structures
12.5 1D BaI2 Chain with Five- and Six-Coordination
12.6 Halide Cluster Formation Within SWNTs
12.7 Imaging and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of a ID
"Metastable Ternary Halide Structure
12.8 Molecules Meet Crystals: Simultaneous Observation of 1D
Crystals and Fullerenes within SWNTs
12.9 Conclusions