[化学丛书].Carbon.Nanotubes

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1、ForewordbyR.E.Smalley,ChemistryNobelLauveate1996Sincethediscoveryofthefullerenesin1985myresearchgroupandIhavehadtheprivilegeofwatchingfromacentrallocationtheworldwidescientificcommunityatworkinoneofitsmostcreative,penetrating,self-correcting,anddivergentperiodsofthelastcentury.Inhis

2、recentbook,“TheTranspar-entSociety”,DavidBrindiscussesthevirtuesofanopen,informationrichsocietyinwhichindividualsarefreetoknowledgeablycriticizeeachother,tocompete,totestthemselvesandtheirideasinafreemarketplace,andtherebyhelpevolveahigherlevelofthesocialorganism.Hepointsoutthatmod

3、ernsciencehaslongfunctionedinthismode,andarguesthatthisopencriticismandappealtoexperimenthasbeenthekeystoneofitssuccess.Thisnewvolume,CarbonNanotubes,isawonderfulexampleofthisprocessatwork.Hereyouwillfindasummaryofthecurrentstateofknowledgeinthisexplosivelygrowingfield.Youwillseealev

4、elofcreativity,breadthanddepthofunderstandingthatIfeelconfidentisbeyondthecapabilityofanysinglehumanbraintoachieveinalifetimeofthoughtandexperiment.Butmanyfinebrainsworkingindependentlyintheopensocietyofsciencehavedoneitverywellindeed,andinaveryshorttime.Whilethelevelofunderstandingc

5、ontainedinthisvolumeisimmense,itiscleartomostofusworkinginthisfieldthatwehaveonlyjustbegun.Thepotentialisvast.Herewehavewhatisalmostcertainlythestrongest,stiffest,toughestmoleculethatcaneverbeproduced,thebestpossiblemolecularconductorofbothheatandelectricity.Inonesensethecarbon(fulle

6、rene)nanotubeisanewman-madepolymertofollowonfromnylon,polypropylene,andKevlar.Inanother,itisanew“graphite”fiber,butnowwiththeultimatepossiblestrength.Inyetanother,itisanewspeciesinorganicchemistry,andpotentiallyinmolecularbiologyaswell,acarbonmoleculewiththealmostalienpropertyofelec

7、tricalconductivity,andsuper-steelstrength.VIForewordCanitbeproducedinmegatons?Canitbespunintocontinuousfibers?Canitgrowninorganizedarraysorasaperfectsinglecrystal?Canitbesortedbydiameterandchirality?Canasingletubebecloned?Canitbegrownenzymatically?Canitbeassembledbythemolecularmachi

8、neryoflivingcells?Canitbeu