ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a basic background on Carbon nanotubes (CNT) in terms of its classifications and methods of fabrication. It describes the basic categorization of CNTs and their unique electrical and electronic characteristics. The chapter discusses the characterization of CNTs using Raman microspectroscopy. It explores the IEEE standard test methods for the measurement of the electrical properties of CNTs. The chapter analyzes the dynamical analysis of a single particle motion. It also presents some of the promising applications of nano-tubes in the telecommunications field. The chapter describes some of the promising applications of nanotubes in the telecommunications field ranging from tunable resistors, neural commentators, spacecrafts and satellites microwave diodes, fiber-optics transistors, to wireless and radio transmission as well as the IEEE fabrication standardization. The electrical and electronic properties of nanotubes are affected by distortions like bending and twisting. Nanotube-based transistors have been made that operate at room temperature and that are capable of digital switching using a single electron.
