Interacting Electrons in Nanostructures

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Haug, Rolf (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schoeller, Herbert (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 579
• Subjects: Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Nanotechnology.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.
• Physical Description: X, 230 p. 19 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540455325
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45532-9

The exciting field of nanostructured materials offers many challenging perspectives for fundamental research and technological applications. The combination of quantum mechanics, interaction, phase coherence, and magnetism are important for understanding many physical phenomena in these systems. This book provides an overview of many aspects of interacting electrons in nanostructures, including such interesting topics as quantum dots, quantum wires, molecular electronics, dephasing, spintronics, and nanomechanics. The content reflects the current research in this area and is written by leading experts in the field.