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Graphene is considered as two-dimensional carbon nanofiller with an atomically thick planar sheet composed of sp carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. Defect-free graphene presents outstanding... 

Structurally, carbon nanotubes of small diameter are examples of a onedimensional periodic structure along the nanotube axis. In single wall carbon nanotubes, confinement of the stnreture in the radial direction is provided by the monolayer thickness of the nanotube in the radial direction. Circumferentially, the periodic boundary condition applies to the enlarged unit cell that is formed in real space. The application of this periodic boundary condition to the graphene electronic states leads to the prediction of a remarkable electronic structure for carbon nanotubes of small diameter. We first present... 

For the nanotubes, then, the appropriate symmetries for an allowed band crossing are only present for the serpentine ([ , ]) and the sawtooth ([ ,0]) conformations, which will both have C point group symmetries that will allow band crossings, and with rotation groups generated by the operations equivalent by conformal mapping to the lattice translations Rj -t- R2 and Ri, respectively. However, examination of the graphene model shows that only the serpentine nanotubes will have states of the correct symmetry (i.e., different parities under the reflection operation) at the K point where the bands can cross. Consider the K point at (K — K2)/3. The serpentine case always sat-... 

Abstract—Experimental and theoretical studies of the vibrational modes of carbon nanotubes are reviewed. The closing of a 2D graphene sheet into a tubule is found to lead to several new infrared (IR)- and Raman-active modes. The number of these modes is found to depend on the tubule symmetry and not on the diameter. Their diameter-dependent frequencies are calculated using a zone-folding model. Results of Raman scattering studies on arc-derived carbons containing nested or single-wall nanotubes are discussed. They are compared to theory and to that observed for other sp carbons also present in the sample. 

Fig. 5. Isolated SWCNT split off from a rope. The diffraction pattern produced by such a single tube is usually too weak to be recorded by present methods. The single graphene sheet in the walls is imaged as a dark line.

The highlighted examples of gas phase hybridization clearly show that they are well suited for the deposition of metals and metal oxides. They are most practical when the nanocarbons are either surface bound or grown from a surface, such as CVD grown graphene and CNT forests. Improved control of layer thickness can be obtained, in comparison to wet chemical approaches, but the synthesis strategies generally require sophisticated equipment not often present in a laboratory. 

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