6. Glossary
Allotropic forms of carbon
Carbon is an element that exists in various crystalline forms, such as hexagonal graphite, rhombohedral graphite, hexagonal or cubic diamond, and the various forms of nanocarbons (nanotubes, fullerenes, etc.). The most thermodynamically stable form of carbon is hexagonal graphite, towards which all other forms tend to evolve, even if transformation kinetics can be infinitely slow under normal temperature and pressure conditions.
SWNT; Single Wall NanoTube
Single-sheet carbon nanotube, conceptually represented by a graphene sheet folded on itself to form a cylinder.
HiPCO; High Pressure dismutation of CO
High-pressure decomposition of CO.
Process for the synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) by catalytic...
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Research laboratories
The GDR 3217 Graphene Nanotube research group brings together French laboratories working on carbon nanotubes and graphene: http://www.graphene-nanotubes.org/
Events
The International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes takes place every year, usually in early summer: http://nanotube.msu.edu/nt/home.html . The Workshop on Nanotube Optics and Nanospectroscopy is held every two years, usually in spring: http://www.wonton2015.org/
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