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There are many applications for diamonds and related materials, e.g., diamondlike carbon films, and there are potential applications for Fullerenes and carbon nanotubes that have not yet been realised. However, the great majority of engineering carbons, including most of those described in this book, have graphitic microstructures or disordered graphitic microstructures. Also, most engineering carbon materials are derived firom organic precursors by heat-treatment in inert atmospheres (carbonisation). A selection of technically-... 

The hydrogen storage capacities for disordered graphites, nanographites, and activated carbons are collected in Table 4.1. One can conclude that activated carbons are better storage materials than CNTs and most experimentally investigated carbon nanophases (like GNFs). Yet, if one applies a broader definition of nanomaterials, the activated carbon phases are, indeed, the disordered and nanostructured carbons. 

Fig. 4.18 The different degree to which electrons move collectively in various forms of carbon material as evidenced by distinct intensity of the plasmon peak located about 6 eV in EELS spectra (arrow). Hydrogen atoms can make less strong covalent bonds with participation of n electrons if the interplanar distance is increased in layered graphitic nanocrystals as seen in carbon nanosheUs (frame in Fig. 4.17) and in disordered graphitic carbons (Sect. 4.3.1). After [60]...

FIGURE 24.1 Scanning electron micrograph of an array of template-synthesized carbon nanotubes. These nanotubes are composed of disordered graphitic carbon. (From Miller, S.A., Young, V.Y., and Martin, C.R., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 12335, 2001. With permission.)... 

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