This book is a stop-gap contribution to the science and technology of carbon plasmas and carbon vapors. It strives to cover two strongly related fields: the molecular quantum theory of carbon plasmas and carbon nanostructures; and the molecular and atomic spectroscopy of such plasmas and vapors. These two fields of research are strongly intertwined and thus reinforce one another. Contents: Spectroscopy of Carbon Containing Diatomic Molecules; Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotube Production Processes; Kinetic and Diagnostic Studies of Carbon Containing Plasmas and Vapors Using Laser Absorption Techniques; Electronic Spectra of Small Carbon Clusters in the Gas Phase; Spectroscopic Studies on Laser-Produced Carbon Vapor; Optical Emission Spectroscopy of C2 and C3 Molecules in Laser Ablation Carbon Plasma; Developing New Production and Observation Methods for Various Sized Carbon Nanomaterials from Clusters to Nanotubes; Dynamics of Laser-Ablated Carbon Plasma for Thin Film Deposition; Spectroscopic and Imaging Approach; Laser Spectroscopy of Transient Carbon Species in the Context of Soot Formation; Theoretical Vibrational Spectroscopy of Linear Carbon Chains; Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Fullerene and Carbon Nanotube Formation; Potential Model for Molecular Dynamics of Carbon & Electronic and Molecular Structures of Small and Medium-Sized Carbon Clusters. | Spectroscopy Dynamics and Molecular Theory of Carbon Plasmas and Vapors by Laszlo Nemes, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters