TY - CHAP AU - Vlad Popa-Nita AU - Valentin Barna AU - Robert Repnik AU - Samo Kralj ED - Satoru Suzuki Y1 - 2013-05-09 PY - 2013 T1 - Mixtures Composed of Liquid Crystals and Nanoparticles N2 - Carbon nanotubes are rolled up graphene sheets with a quasi-one-dimensional structure of nanometer-scale diameter. In these last twenty years, carbon nanotubes have attracted much attention from physicists, chemists, material scientists, and electronic device engineers, because of their excellent structural, electronic, optical, chemical and mechanical properties. More recently, demand for innovative industrial applications of carbon nanotubes is increasing. This book covers recent research topics regarding syntheses techniques of carbon nanotubes and nanotube-based composites, and their applications. The chapters in this book will be helpful to many students, engineers and researchers working in the field of carbon nanotubes. BT - Syntheses and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Composites SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/50896 DO - 10.5772/50896 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-10 ER -