ABSTRACT
Basically, a carbon nanotube consists of a perfect hexagonal
network wrapped into a cylinder. In practice, however, it is not
as perfect as it seems but contains a certain amount of structural
defects. The presence of defects often causes sizeable changes in
physical and chemical properties of carbon nanotubes [203, 204].
Therefore, a complete understanding of their generation processes
and structural stabilities is highly desirable for carbon nanotube
applications as well as in view of academic interest.
