... Thesis Title: PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND PROPERTY STUDIES OF CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES DERIVED FROM CARBON RICH MATERIALS Abstract Carbon nanomaterials have always been an area of interest for ... amorphous carbon Physical and chemical properties of carbon vary in each of the allotropes For example, diamond is one of the hardest materials existing in nature and graphite is as the soft materials ... preparation, characterization, properties, reactions and applications of carbon nanomaterials, in particular, graphite and graphene 1.1 Carbon Nanomaterials Fullerenes, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon...