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Scientific Series in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Vol. 1 ![]()
MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS
An Introduction to Theory and Experiment
by Juan Carlos Cuevas (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid,
Spain) & Elke Scheer (Universität Konstanz, Germany)
724pp
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Table
of Contents (174k)
Preface
(78k)
Chapter
1: The birth of molecular electronics (465k)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the rapidly
developing field of molecular electronics. It focuses on our present
understanding of the electrical conduction in single-molecule circuits
and provides a thorough introduction to the experimental techniques and
theoretical concepts. It will also constitute as the first
textbook-like introduction to both the experiment and theory of
electronic transport through single atoms and molecules. In this sense,
this publication will prove invaluable to both researchers and students
interested in the field of nanoelectronics and nanoscience in general.
Molecular Electronics is self-contained and unified in
its presentation. It may be used as a textbook on nanoelectronics by
graduate students and advanced undergraduates studying physics and
chemistry. In addition, included are previously unpublished material
that will help researchers gain a deeper understanding into the basic
concepts involved in the field of molecular electronics.
Contents:
- The Birth of Molecular Electronics
- Fabrication of Metallic Atomic-Size Contacts
- Contacting Single Molecules: Experimental
Techniques
- 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
- The Conductance of a Single Atom
- Spin-Dependent Transport in Ferromagnetic
Atomic Contacts
- Coherent Transport Through Molecular Junctions
I: Basic Concepts
- Coherent Transport Through Molecular Junctions
II: Test-Bed Molecules
- Single-Molecule Transistors: Coulomb Blockade
and Kondon Physics
- Vibrationally-Induced Inelastic Current I:
Experiment
- Vibrationally-Induced Inelastic Current II:
Theory
- The Hopping Regime and Transport Through DNA
Molecules
- Beyond Electrical Conductance: Short Noise and
Thermal Transport
- Optical Properties of Current-Carrying
Molecular Junctions
- What is Missing in This Book?
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