Includes bibliographical references and index.

Experimental: Ch. 1. Spectroscopy of carbon nanotube production processes / B. A. Cruden -- Ch. 2. Spectroscopic studies on laser-produced carbon vapor / K. Sasaki -- Ch. 3. Kinetic and diagnostic studies of carbon containing plasmas and vapors using laser absorption techniques / J. R�opcke, A. Rousseau and P. B. Davies -- Ch. 4. Spectroscopy of carbon containing diatomic molecules / J. O. Hornkohl, L. Nemes and C. Parigger -- Ch. 5. Optical emission spectroscopy of Cb2s and Cb3s molecules in laser ablation carbon plasma / N. A. Savastenko and N. V. Tarasenko -- Ch. 6. -- Intra-cavity laser spectroscopy of carbon clusters / S. Raikov and L. Boufendi -- Ch. 7. Dynamics of laser-ablated carbon plasma for thin film deposition: spectroscopic and imaging approach / R. K. Thareja and A. K. Sharma -- Ch. 8. Laser spectroscopy of transient carbon species in the context of soot formation / V. Nevrl�y, M. St�ri�z�ik, P. Bitala and Z. Zelinger -- Ch. 9. Developing new production and observation methods for various sized carbon nanomaterials from clusters to nanotubes / T. Sugai -- Theoretical: Ch. 10. Potential model for molecular dynamics of carbon / A. M. Ito and H. Nakamura -- Ch. 11. Electronic and molecular structures of small- and medium-sized carbon clusters / V. Parasuk -- Ch. 12. Vibrational spectroscopy of linear carbon chains / C.-P. Chou, W.-F. Li, H. A. Witek and M. Andrzejak -- Ch. 13. Dynamics simulations of fullerene and SWCNT formation / S. Irle, G. Zheng, Z. Wang and K. Morokuma -- Ch. 14. Mechanisms of carbon gasification reactions using electronic structure methods / J. F. Espinal, T. N. Truong and F. Mondrag�on.