Near-equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals and Applications

Name: Near-equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals and Applications
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ISBN: 9789814327787

ISBN-10: 9814327786

ISBN-13: 9789814327787

Edition: 2011

Authors: Mark Lundstrom

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These lectures are designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of carrier transport in nano-devices using a novel approach that agrees with traditional methods when devices are large, but which also works for nano-devices.

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


List of Figures



Overview



Introduction



Diffusive electron transport



Types of electron transport



Why study near-equilibrium transport?



About these lectures



Summary



References



General Model for Transport



Introduction



Mathematical model



Modes



Transmission



Near-equilibrium (linear) transport



Transport in the bulk



Summary



References



Resistance: Ballistic to Diffusive



Introduction



2D resistors: ballistic



2D resistors: diffusive to ballistic



Discussion



Summary



References



Thermoelectric Effects: Physical Approach



Introduction



Electric current flow: Seebeck effect



Heat current flow: Peltier effect



Coupled flows



Thermoelectric devices



Discussion



Summary



References



Thermoelectric Effects: Mathematics



Introduction



Driving forces for current flow



Charge current



Heat current



Discussion



Summary



References



An Introduction to Scattering



Introduction



Physics of carrier scattering



Transmission and mean-free-path



Mean-free-path and scattering



Discussion



Summary



References



Boltzmann Transport Equation



Introduction



The Boltzmann Transport Equation



Solving the steady-state BTE



Transport coefficients



Magnetic fields



Discussion



Summary



References



Near-equilibrium Transport: Measurements



Introduction



Resistivity/conductivity measurements



Hall effect measurements



The van der Pauw method



Temperature-dependent measurements



Discussion



Summary



References



Phonon Transport



Introduction



Electrons and phonons



General model for heat conduction



Thermal conductivity



Debye model for M<sub>ph</sub>(hï¿½)



Phonon scattering



Discussion



Summary



References



Graphene: A Case Study



Introduction



Graphene



Density-of-states and carrier density



Number of modes and conductance



Scattering



Conductance vs. carrier density



Discussion



Summary



References



Summary of Key Results


Index