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Graphene is a nanomaterial combining very simple atomic structure with intriguingly complex and largely unexplored physics. Since its first isolation about four years ago researchers suggested a large number of applications for this material in anticipation of future technological revolutions. In particular, graphene is considered as a potential candidate for replacing silicon in future electronic devices. Graphene is a perfect example of the wonders of nanotechnology, in which common substances are scaled down to an atomic level to uncover new and exciting possibilities.The mineral graphite is one of the allotropes of carbon. Unlike diamond (another carbon allotrope), graphite is an electrical conductor, a semimetal, and can be used, for instance, in the electrodes of an arc lamp. This new book presents the latest research in the field from around the world.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Research and Review Studies

Electroanalysis of Some Bio-Molecules at the Electrode Modified by Carbon Nanotubes;pp. 3-55
(Chenxin Cai, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Nanjing Normal Univ., Nanjing, P.R. China)

Serendipity in the Study of the Graphene Carbon-Lithium Reaction Systems;pp. 57-94
(Tsutomu Takamura, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China)

Molecule-Surface Binding Energies from Molecular Mechanics: Nucleobases on Graphen;pp. 95-112
(Thomas R. Rybolt and Christina E. Wells, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN)

Lubricity of Graphite Additives in Polyimide Composites at Variable Humidity;pp.113-141
(Pieter Samyn, Gustaaf Schoukens and Patrick De Baets, Ghent Univ., Dept. of Textiles, and others, Technologiepark, Zwijnaarde, Belgium)

Advances in Superconducting Intercalated Graphite;pp. 143-191
(Nicolas Emery, Claire Herold, a Laboratoire de Chimie du Solide Mineral, Nancy Univ., Cedex, France and others)

Composites on The Basis of Polyhydroxiethers and Graphites;pp. 193-196
(D.A. Beeva, A.K. Mikitaev, et. al., Kabardino-Balkar State Academy of Agriculture, Russia, et al.)

A Comparative Study of Al, Ge and Sb Self-Assembled Nanostructures on Graphite;pp. 197-229
(X.S. Wang et al., National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Short Communication

Self-Assembled Fibrillar Carbon Nanotube Heat Transfer Gels with Enhanced Thermal Conductivities;pp. 233-244
(Betty Catalina Rostro, Scott Selinger, Nancy Rosenberg, Valery N. Khabashesku, Enrique V. Barrera, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Valery N. Khabashesku, Enrique V. Barrera, Dept. of Chemistry and Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice Univ., Houston, TX)

Von Neumann Algebras Generated by Automata;pp. 245-277
(Ilwoo Cho, Saint Ambrose Univ., Dep. of Math, Davenport, Iowa)


Index pp.279-293