Wiley Carbon Nanotubes and Nanosensors: Vibration, Buckling and Balistic Impact: 611 (Iste)

The main properties that make carbon nanotubes (CNTs) a promising technology for many future applications are: extremely high strength, low mass density, linear elastic behavior, almost perfect geometrical structure, and nanometer scale structure. Also, CNTs can conduct electricity better than copper and transmit heat better than diamonds. Therefore, they are bound to find a wide, and possibly revolutionary use in all fields of engineering.The interest in CNTs and their potential use in a wide range of commercial applications; such as nanoelectronics, quantum wire interconnects, field emission devices, composites, chemical sensors, biosensors, detectors, etc.; have rapidly increased in the last two decades. However, the performance of any CNT-based nanostructure is dependent on the mechanical properties of constituent CNTs. Therefore, it is crucial to know the mechanical behavior of individual CNTs such as their vibration frequencies, buckling loads, and deformations under different loadings.This title is dedicated to the vibration, buckling and impact behavior of CNTs, along with theory for carbon nanosensors, like the Bubnov-Galerkin and the Petrov-Galerkin methods, the Bresse-Timoshenko and the Donnell shell theory. About the Author Prof. Isaac Elishakoff, Florida Atlantic University, USA.Dr. Demetris Pentaras, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus.Ing. Kevin Dujat and Ing. Simon Bucas, IFMA – French Institute for Advanced Mechanics, France.Dr. Claudia Versaci and Prof. Giuseppe Muscolino, University of Messina, Italy.Dr. Joel Storch, Touro College, USA.Prof. Noël Challamel, University of South Brittany, France.Prof. Toshiaki Natsuki, Shinsu University, Japan.Dr. Yingyan Zhang, University of Western Sydney, Australia.Prof. Chien Ming Wang, National University of Singapore, Singapore.Ing. Guillaume Ghyselinck, Ecole des Mines d’Alès, France.