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Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Experimental	p. 1
Chapter 1 Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotube Production Processes	p. 3
Chapter 2 Spectroscopic Studies on Laser-Produced Carbon Vapor	p. 55
Chapter 3 Kinetic and Diagnostic Studies of Carbon Containing Plasmas and Vapors Using Laser Absorption Techniques	p. 77
Chapter 4 Spectroscopy of Carbon Containing Diatomic Molecules	p. 113
Chapter 5 Optical Emission Spectroscopy of C2 and C3 Molecules in Laser Ablation Carbon Plasma	p. 167
Chapter 6 Intra-Cavity Laser Spectroscopy of Carbon Clusters	p. 199
Chapter 7 Dynamics of Laser-Ablated Carbon Plasma for Thin Film Deposition: Spectroscopic and Imaging Approach	p. 223
Chapter 8 Laser Spectroscopy of Transient Carbon Species in the Context of Soot Formation	p. 255
Chapter 9 Developing New Production and Observation Methods for Various Sized Carbon Nanomaterials from Clusters to Nanotubes	p. 283
Theoretical	p. 315
Chapter 10 Potential Model for Molecular Dynamics of Carbon	p. 317
Chapter 11 Electronic and Molecular Structures of Small-and Medium-Sized Carbon Clusters	p. 343
Chapter 12 Vibrational Spectroscopy of Linear Carbon Chains	p. 375
Chapter 13 Dynamics Simulations of Fullerene and Swcnt Formation	p. 417
Chapter 14 Mechanisms of Carbon Gasification Reactions Using Electronic Structure Methods	p. 445
Index	p. 503