Theory of Quantum Transport at Nanoscale An Introduction /

• Main Author: Ryndyk, Dmitry (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, 184
• Subjects: Physics.; Solid state physics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanotechnology.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Solid State Physics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

This book is an introduction to a rapidly developing field of modern theoretical physics – the theory of quantum transport at nanoscale. The theoretical methods considered in the book are in the basis of our understanding of charge, spin and heat transport in nanostructures and nanostructured materi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I Basic Concepts
• Coherent transport: Green function method
• Tunneling and master equation
• Electron-electron interaction and Coulomb blockade
• Vibrons and polarons
• Part II Advanced methods
• Interacting nanosystems: discrete-level models
• Generalized master equation
• Nonequilibrium Green functions
• Current through an interacting system
• Some nonequilibrium many-body problems
• Time-dependent transport
• Part III Single-molecule transport
• Basic theoretical concepts of single-molecule electronics
• Ab initio transport theory
• Towards single-molecule devices.