Nanostructured Systems
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This is the first available volume to consolidate prominent topics in the emerging field of nanostructured systems. Recent technological advancements have led to a new era of nanostructure physics, allowing for the fabrication of nanostructures whose behavior is dominated by quantum interference effects. This new capability has enthused the experimentalist and theorist alike. Innumerable possibilities have now opened up for physical exploration and device technology on the nanoscale. This book, with contributions from five pioneering researchers, will allow the expert and novice alike to explore a fascinating new field.
Key Features
Provides a state-of-the-art review of quantum-scale artificially nanostructured electronic systems
Includes contributions by world-known experts in the field
Opens the field to the non-expert with a concise introduction
Features discussions of:
Low-dimensional condensed matter physics
Properties of nanostructured, ultrasmall electronic systems
Mesoscopic physics and quantum transport
Physics of 2D electronic systems
Includes contributions by world-known experts in the field
Opens the field to the non-expert with a concise introduction
Features discussions of:
Low-dimensional condensed matter physics
Properties of nanostructured, ultrasmall electronic systems
Mesoscopic physics and quantum transport
Physics of 2D electronic systems
Readership
Condensed-matter physicists, electrical engineers, and materials scientists.
Table of Contents
- M. Reed, Introduction. H. van Houten, C.W.J. Beenakker, and B.J. van Wees, Quantum Point Contacts. G. Timp, When Does a Wire Become an Electron Waveguide? M. B*aduttiker, The Quantum Hall Effect in Open Conductors. W. Hansen, J.P. Kotthaus, and U. Merkt, Electrons in Laterally Periodic Nanostructures. Chapter References.. Index.
Product details
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1992
- Published: February 26, 1992
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080864327
About the Serial Editors
Robert Willardson
Affiliations and Expertise
WILLARDSON CONSULTING SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
Eicke Weber
Affiliations and Expertise
Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE, Freiburg, Germany
Albert Beer
Affiliations and Expertise
CONSULTING PHYSICIST
COLUMBUS, OHIO
About the Serial Volume Editor
Mark Reed
Affiliations and Expertise
Yale University