1st Edition
Nanoscale Physics for Materials Science
Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics and Band Structure
Fundamentals of quantum mechanics
Electronic band structure of solids
Material properties with respect to characteristic size in nanostructures
Electronic States and Electrical Properties of Nanoscale Materials
Outline
Low dimensionality and energy spectrum
Quantization
Edge (surface) localized states
Charging effect
Tunneling phenomena
Limiting factors for size effects
Electronically induced stable nanostructures
Optical Properties and Interactions of Nanoscale Materials
Size-dependent optical properties: absorption and emission
Size-dependent optical properties: absorption and scattering
Size-dependent electromagnetic interactions: particle–particle
Size-dependent interactions: particle–light interactions in finite geometries
Magnetic and Magnetotransport Properties of Nanoscale Materials
Fundamentals of magnetism
Size and surface effects in 3D confined systems
Ferromagnetic domain-wall-related phenomena
Spin transport in magnetic nanostructures—magnetic interface effect
Index
Problems and References appear at the end of each chapter.
Biography
Takaaki Tsurumi is a professor in the Department of Metallurgy and Ceramics Science at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan.
Hiroyuki Hirayama is a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan.
Martin Vacha is an associate professor in the Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan.
Tomoyasu Taniyama is an associate professor in the Materials and Structures Laboratory at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan.
