Interacting Electrons in Nanostructures [Paperback]

Quantum Dots.- Magnetic-Field-Induced Kondo Effects in Coulomb Blockade Systems.- Quantum Optics in Transport: Dicke Effect and Dark Resonances in Dots and Wires.- Superconductors, Quantum Dots, and Spin Entanglement.- Quantum Wires.- Correlations in Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Quantum Wires.- Fluctuations and Superconductivity in One Dimension: Quantum Phase Slips.- Molecules.- Molecular Electronics: A Review of Metal-Molecule-Metal Junctions.- Luttinger Liquid Behavior in Metallic Carbon Nanotubes.- Phase Coherence.- Capacitance, Charge Fluctuations and Dephasing in Coulomb Coupled Conductors.- On the Detection of Quantum Noise and Low-Temperature Dephasing.- Spintronics and Magnetism.- Spintronics: Spin Electronics and Optoelectronics in Semiconductors.- Theory of Ferromagnetism in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors.- Nanomechanics.- Nano-Electromechanical Systems: Displacement Detection and the Mechanical Single Electron Shuttle.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.This book provides an overview of many aspects of interacting electrons in nanostructures, refelcting the current research in this area
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