by Kenji Hirose (NEC Corporation, Japan) & Nobuhiko Kobayashi (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

As electronic devices become smaller and smaller at the nano-scale, transport simulations based on quantum mechanics become increasingly important. There are currently numerous textbooks for the basic concepts of quantum transport, but not many present calculation methods in detail. Targeted at graduates or as a reference text for advanced researchers, this book provides various quantum transport simulation methods and shows applications for transport properties of nanometer-scale systems.

The book starts with a short review of quantum transport, followed by various calculation methods based on scattering approaches, non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF), master equation, and time-dependent wave-packet diffusion (TD-WPD). With these tools, transport properties of various nanosystmes are then explored. These include STM systems, atomic and molecular wires, carbon-nanotube field-effect transistors (CNT-FET), quantum dots, and anomalous transport through quantum point contacts.

Published by Pan Stanford Publishing and distributed exclusively by World Scientific in Asia Pacific, except for India and Japan.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Landauer Formula and Kubo Formula
• Non-Equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) Formula
• Calculation Methods:
  • RTM Method
  • Lippmann¨CSchwinger Equation Method
  • Numerical Atomic Orbital Basis Method
  • Density Matrix Master Equation Method
• Towards Larger Nanosystems:
  • TD-WPD method
• Applications
  • STM Systems
  • Atomic and Molecular Wires
  • Nano-Carbon Systems
• Artificial Nanosystems:
  • Quantum Dots
  • Quantum Point Contacts
• Advanced Topics and Future Challenges

Readership: Graduate students of physics, chemistry, electrical & electronic engineering, materials science and engineering; researchers in nanoscience; engineers in nanotechnology.

250pp (approx.)		Scheduled Fall 2010
978-981-4267-32-8		US$149