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NATO ASI series. Series A: Life sciences.
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ISSN: 02581213 ISBN: 0306404702 1468485520 1468485504 Volume: 34 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : Plenum press,

Climatic variations and variability : facts and theories
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ISSN: 13892185 ISBN: 9027713006 9789027713001 9027713014 9400985169 9400985142 940109053X 9401090513 Year: 1981 Volume: 72 Publisher: Dordrecht: Reidel,

Combinatorial catalysis and high throughput catalyst design and testing : proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on ..., Vilamoura, Portugal, 11-24 July 1999
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ISBN: 0792366271 079236628X 9401143293 Year: 2000 Volume: 560 Publisher: Dordrecht ; Boston ; London Brussels Kluwer Academic Publishers NATO Scientific Affairs Division

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Catalysts are central in modern industrial chemistry and there is an urgent need to develop new catalysts. Such a rapid pace of development brings with it a new set of challenges at all levels of research, from synthesis and characterization to testing and modelling. This book reviews the current status of combinatorial catalysis, scientific catalyst design techniques, methods for preparing inorganic combinatorial libraries, experimental design methods, data processing, system modelling an simulation, and catalyst testing. The individual contributions reveal the development of high throughput catalyst design and test methods and identify the main challenges in the field, including new catalyst preparation techniques, rapid performance evaluation, and new microreactor configurations. Readership: All those working in catalytic process analysis and development. The extensive review of catalysis principles is especially relevant for postgraduate students seeking to pursue studies in catalysis.

Carbon nanotubes : from basic research to nanotechnology
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ISBN: 9781402045745 1402045727 9781402045721 1402045735 9786611107536 1281107530 1402045743 Year: 2006 Volume: v. 222 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer,

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It is about 15 years that the carbon nanotubes have been discovered by Sumio Iijima in a transmission electron microscope. Since that time, these long hollow cylindrical carbon molecules have revealed being remarkable nanostructures for several aspects. They are composed of just one element, Carbon, and are easily produced by several techniques. A nanotube can bend easily but still is very robust. The nanotubes can be manipulated and contacted to external electrodes. Their diameter is in the nanometer range, whereas their length may exceed several micrometers, if not several millimeters. In diameter, the nanotubes behave like molecules with quantized energy levels, while in length, they behave like a crystal with a continuous distribution of momenta. Depending on its exact atomic structure, a single-wall nanotube –that is to say a nanotube composed of just one rolled-up graphene sheet– may be either a metal or a semiconductor. The nanotubes can carry a large electric current, they are also good thermal conductors. It is not surprising, then, that many applications have been proposed for the nanotubes. At the time of writing, one of their most promising applications is their ability to emit electrons when subjected to an external electric field. Carbon nanotubes can do so in normal vacuum conditions with a reasonable voltage threshold, which make them suitable for cold-cathode devices.

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