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| Preface | |
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| List of notation | |
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| Toward the nanoscale | |
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| Particles and waves | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Classical particles | |
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| Classical waves | |
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| Wave-particle duality | |
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| Closing remarks | |
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| Problems | |
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| Wave mechanics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Schrodinger wave equation | |
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| Wave mechanics of particles: selected examples | |
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| Atoms and atomic orbitals | |
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| Closing remarks | |
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| Problems | |
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| Materials for nanoelectronics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Semiconductors | |
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| Crystal lattices: bonding in crystals | |
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| Electron energy bands | |
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| Semiconductor heterostructures | |
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| Lattice-matched and pseudomorphic heterostructures | |
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| Organic semiconductors | |
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| Carbon nanomaterials: nanotubes and fullerenes | |
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| Closing remarks | |
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| Problems | |
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| Growth, fabrication, and measurement techniques for nanostructures | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Bulk crystal and heterostructure growth | |
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| Nanolithography, etching, and other means for fabrication of nanostructures and nanodevices | |
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| Techniques for characterization of nanostructures | |
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| Spontaneous formation and ordering of nanostructures | |
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| Clusters and nanocrystals | |
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| Methods of nanotube growth | |
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| Chemical and biological methods for nanoscale fabrication | |
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| Fabrication of nanoelectromechanical systems | |
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| Closing remarks | |
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| Problems | |
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| Electron transport in semiconductors and nanostructures | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Time and length scales of the electrons in solids | |
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| Statistics of the electrons in solids and nanostructures | |
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| The density of states of electrons in nanostructures | |
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| Electron transport in nanostructures | |
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| Closing remarks | |
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| Problems | |
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| Electrons in traditional low-dimensional structures | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Electrons in quantum wells | |
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| Electrons in quantum wires | |
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| Electrons in quantum dots | |
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| Closing remarks | |
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| Problems | |
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| Nanostructure devices | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Resonant-tunneling diodes | |
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| Field-effect transistors | |
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| Single-electron-transfer devices | |
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| Potential-effect transistors | |
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| Light-emitting diodes and lasers | |
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| Nanoelectromechanical system devices | |
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| Quantum-dot cellular automata | |
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| Closing remarks | |
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| Tables of units | |
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| Index | |