Molecular Electronics

An Introduction to Theory and Experiment

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Nanotechnology, Science, Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical
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Author: Juan Carlos Cuevas, Elke Scheer ISBN: 9789813226043
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: May 19, 2017
Imprint: WSPC Language: English
Author: Juan Carlos Cuevas, Elke Scheer
ISBN: 9789813226043
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: May 19, 2017
Imprint: WSPC
Language: English

Molecular Electronics is self-contained and unified in its presentation. It can be used as a textbook on nanoelectronics by graduate students and advanced undergraduates studying physics and chemistry. In addition, included in this new edition are previously unpublished material that will help researchers gain a deeper understanding into the basic concepts involved in the field of molecular electronics.

Contents:

  • Preface

  • Acknowledgments

  • Brief History of the Field and Experimental Techniques:

    • The Birth of Molecular Electronics
    • Fabrication of Metallic Atomic-Size Contacts
    • Contacting Single Molecules: Experimental Techniques
  • Theoretical Background:

    • The Scattering Approach to Phase-Coherent Transport in Nanocontacts
    • Introduction to Green's Function Techniques for Systems in Equilibrium
    • Green's Functions and Feynman Diagrams
    • Nonequilibrium Green's Functions Formalism
    • Formulas of the Electrical Current: Exploiting the Keldysh Formalism
    • Electronic Structure I: Tight-Binding Approach
    • Electronic Structure II: Density Functional Theory
  • Metallic Atomic-Size Contacts:

    • The Conductance of a Single Atom
    • Spin-Dependent Transport in Ferromagnetic Atomic Contacts
  • Transport Through Molecular Junctions:

    • Coherent Transport Through Molecular Junctions I: Basic Concepts
    • Coherent Transport Through Molecular Junctions II: Test-Bed Molecules
    • Single-Molecule Transistors: Coulomb Blockade and Kondo Physics
    • Vibrationally-Induced Inelastic Current I: Experiment
    • Vibrationally-Induced Inelastic Current II: Theory
    • The Hopping Regime and Biomolecular Electronics
    • Beyond Electrical Conductance: Shot Noise and Thermal Transport
    • Optical Properties of Current-Carrying Molecular Junctions
    • What is Missing in this Book?
  • Appendix A: Second Quantization

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in nanoscience and nanotechnology, physics, chemistry, nanoelectronics and molecular electronics.

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Key Features:

  • First unified monograph in molecular electronics
  • First textbook focused on the electronic transport through single atoms and molecules
  • Comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art of molecular electronics
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Molecular Electronics is self-contained and unified in its presentation. It can be used as a textbook on nanoelectronics by graduate students and advanced undergraduates studying physics and chemistry. In addition, included in this new edition are previously unpublished material that will help researchers gain a deeper understanding into the basic concepts involved in the field of molecular electronics.

Contents:

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in nanoscience and nanotechnology, physics, chemistry, nanoelectronics and molecular electronics.

Problems and Solutions are accessible if you have purchased this book.
Please click on the Supplementary tab.

Key Features:

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