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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 | |