Carbon Electronics

We live immersed in a world of electronics where it becomes more and more difficult to imagine a day without the aid of modern technology. whether we talk about electronic circuits, memory elements, processors, sensors, lasers, LCD or LED displays, light emitting diodes, solar cells, etc. those devices are indispensable tools of our daily routine. The impressive technological achievements of our time are the result of the ongoing electronics revolution where inorganic semiconductors with their archetypical examples silicon and gallium arsenide continue to be fundamental.Carbon enters as a revolutionary material, taking the lead in new advances with such promising results. The most archetypical of these are fullerenes, these are carbon structures whose electronic properties and mechanical characteristics are touching science fiction type applications. Graphene and its child carbon nanotubes have the leading roles in this wonderful revolution. Graphene was first isolated in 2004, but largely known from theoretical point of view since the 30s. Carbon nanotubes are basically graphene layers folded on itself. Both have exceptional capacity to conduct electricity, but furthermore can be manipulated to become insulators, given the possibility to construct electronics devices, such as transistors and manage to make more fast, cheap and reliable electronics technologies.The Book starts with an introduction to carbon devices, historical and basis. Section 1 is mainly focus on the introduction of carbon allotropes and its characteristics.Section 2 is devoted to Carbon nanotubes, some applications, physical properties and advantages respect to non-carbon counterparts.Section 3 presents some characteristics of Graphene, and how it is influencing the "new" electronics.Section 4 covers some specific applications of graphene and nanotubes devices of interest and how are impacting the modern world technology.