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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Photo Credits | |
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Fundamentals Of Nanoscopic Physics | |
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Introduction To Nanoelectronics | |
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The "Top-Down" Approach | |
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Lithography | |
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The "Bottom-Up" Approach | |
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Why Nanoelectronics? | |
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Nanotechnology Potential | |
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Main Points | |
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Problems | |
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Classical Particles, Classicalwaves, And Quantum Particles | |
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Comparison of Classical and Quantum Systems | |
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Origins of Quantum Mechanics | |
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Light As a Wave, Light As a Particle | |
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Light As a Particle, or Perhaps a Wave The Early Years | |
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A Little Later Light as a Wave | |
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Finally, Light As a Quantum Particle | |
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Electrons As Particles, Electrons As Waves | |
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Electrons As Particles The Early Years | |
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A Little Later Electrons (and Everything Else) As Quantum Particles | |
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Further Development of Quantum Mechanics | |
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Wavepackets and Uncertainty | |
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Main Points | |
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Problems | |
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Quantum Mechanics Of Electrons | |
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General Postulates of Quantum Mechanics | |
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Operators | |
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Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions | |
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Hermitian Operators | |
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Operators for Quantum Mechanics | |
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Measurement Probability | |
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Time-Independent Schrodinger's Equation | |
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Boundary Conditions on the Wavefunction | |
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Analogies Between Quantum Mechanics and Classical Electromagnetics | |
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Probabilistic Current Density | |
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Multiple Particle Systems | |
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Spin and Angular Momentum | |
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Main Points | |
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Problems | |
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Free And Confined Electrons | |
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Free Electrons | |
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One-Dimensional Space | |
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Three-Dimensional Space | |
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The Free Electron Gas Theory of Metals | |
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Electrons Confined to a Bounded Region of Space, and Quantum Numbers | |
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One-Dimensional Space | |
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Three-Dimensional Space | |
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Periodic Boundary Conditions | |
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Fermi Level and Chemical Potential | |
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Partially Confined Electrons Finite Potential Wells | |
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Finite Rectangular Well | |
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Parabolic Well Harmonic Oscillator | |
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Triangular Well | |
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Electrons Confined to Atoms The Hydrogen Atom and the Periodic Table 4.6 | |
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The Hydrogen Atom and Quantum Numbers | |
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Beyond Hydrogen Multiple Electron Atoms and the Periodic Table | |
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Quantum Dots, Wires, and Wells | |
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Quantum Wells | |
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Quantum Wires | |
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Quantum Dots | |
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Main Points | |
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Problems | |
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Electrons Subject To A Periodic Potential Band Theory Of Solids | |
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Crystalline Materials | |
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Electrons in a Periodic Potential | |
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Kronig Penney Model of Band Structure | |
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Effective Mass | |
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Band Theory of Solids | |
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Doping in Semiconductors | |
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Interacting Systems Model | |
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The Effect of an Electric Field on Energy Bands | |
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Bandstructures of Some Semiconductors | |
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Electronic Band Transitions Interaction of Electromagnetic Energy and Materials | |
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Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes | |
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Graphene | |
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Carbon Nanotubes | |
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Main Points | |
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Problems | |
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Single-Electron And Few-Electron Phenomena And Devices | |
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Tunnel Junctions And Applications Of Tunneling | |
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Tunneling Through a Potential Barrier | |
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Potential Energy Profiles for Material Interfaces | |
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Metal Insulator, Metal-Semiconductor, and Metal Insulator Metal Junctions | |
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Applications of Tunneling | |
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Field Emission | |
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Gate Oxide Tunneling and Ho | |