Electrical Transport in Nanoscale Systems

ISBN-13: 9780521896344 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 494 str.

Massimiliano Di Ventra

Opis

This graduate textbook provides an in-depth description of the transport phenomena relevant to systems of nanoscale dimensions. The different theoretical approaches are critically discussed, with emphasis on their basic assumptions and approximations. The book also covers information content in the measurement of currents, the role of initial conditions in establishing a steady state, and the modern use of density-functional theory. Topics are introduced by simple physical arguments, with particular attention to the non-equilibrium statistical nature of electrical conduction, and followed by a detailed formal derivation. This textbook is ideal for graduate students in physics, chemistry, and electrical engineering.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. A primer on electron transport; 2. Drude, Kubo, and Boltzmann approaches; 3. Landauer approach; 4. Non-equilibrium Green's function formalism; 5. Noise; 6. Electron-ion interaction; 7. The micro-canonical picture of transport; 8. Hydrodynamics of the electron liquid; Appendices; References; Index.