Molecular- and Nano-Tubes
Molecular- and Nano-Tubes summarizes recent advancements in the synthesis, fabrication and applications of tubular structures. An interdisciplinary overview of innovative science focused on tubular structures is provided.
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Oliver Hayden · Kornelius Nielsch Editors
Molecular- and Nano-Tubes
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Editors Oliver Hayden Siemens AG Corporate Technology Erlangen, Germany [email protected]
Kornelius Nielsch University of Hamburg Institute of Applied Physics Hamburg, Germany [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-9442-4 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-9443-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-9443-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011931467 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Why for heaven’s sake a book on nanotubes or nanopore? Just another summary of nanoscale gimmicks without any hope for future engineering? The answer is in fact yes and no. Nanotubes and nanopores are probably the most fascinating materials on the nanoscale due to one simple reason: We can barely fabricate tubes and pores on the nanoscale top-down with a perfection such as carbon nanotubes and we are still puzzled by the elegant functionality of biological ion channels. At the same time we have clever bottom-up synthesized materials though it is not clear how we can solve the tremendous engineering problems associated for rational device architectures. When it comes to real-world applications the tubes and pores have obviously tremendous potential though only a few start-ups have currently products on the market. Limitations for new tube products are often related to the lack of sufficient bulk quantities and purity of the materials. For example in the case of carbon nanotubes the scattered intellectual property on material synthesis is one of the reasons why nanotube products are still in their infancy. The idea to a book on nanotubes and nanopores was the result of two symposia at the Material Research Society (MRS) conference held at Boston and San Francisco which the editors organized and where we realized that working interdisciplinary is still more of a buzzword in the community. Furthermore, we have been able to organise an exploratory workshop funded by the European Science Foundation (ESF) on nanowires and again experienced that the highly heterogeneous mix of scientists was one of the most fruitful experiences to exchange ideas across scientific borders though it is dif
