PHYSICS OF CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES

摘要

Carbon is a prominent element that appears in various structures with newpromising technological applications. The physics of carbon nanostructures isone of the hot topics in modern condensed matter theory. This is a brief intro-duction into the theory of variously shaped carbon nanostructures with payingspecial attention to the continuum field-theory models. The review includes abrief historical excursus, the most interesting experimental observations, theformulation of generic field-theory models for the description of electronic statesin carbon nanoparticles, and some possible applications.