Nanoscale Quantum Materials: Musings on the Ultra-Small World

ISBN-13: 9780367546397 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 232 str.

Tapash Chakraborty

Opis

In the past four decades, there has been growing interest in the exciting new topic of physics in low dimensions. Thousands of original ideas have been proposed in the literature, and some are confirmed experimentally, along with several Nobel prizes which have been awarded in this field.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction: From giants to dwarfs Chapter 2. Down to low dimensions Chapter 3. The quantum dot: In the abyss of no dimensions Chapter 4. Quantum rings: Dynamic unity of polar opposites Chapter 5. Graphene: Carbon and its nests Chapter 6. Some remarkable episodes in the nanoscale Chapter 7. Epilog and the road ahead.

O autorze

Dr. Chakraborty is a retired professor of physics from the University of Manitoba, Canada. He was also the Canada Research Chair in Nanoscale Physics (2003 – 2017). He has published more than 200 papers in prestigious journals. He has authored several books and is a fellow of the American Physical Society.