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The Romans built enduring bridges well before Newton came along,
armed simply with a working knowledge of mechanics and materials.
In contrast, today's bridge building is an elaborate enterprise
involving CAD tools, composite materials and acoustic imaging. When
technology is pushed to its limits, a working knowledge proves
inadequate, and an in-depth understanding of core physical
principles, both macroscopic and microscopic, top-down vs
bottom-up, becomes essential.We find ourselves today at a similar
crossroad in semiconductor device technology, where a working
knowledge of solid state electronics is no longer enough. Faced
with the prohibitive cost of computing and the slowdown of chip
manufacturing, device scaling and the global supply chain, the
semiconductor industry is forced to explore alternate platforms
such as 2-D materials, spintronics, analog processing and quantum
engineering.This book combines top-down classical device physics
with bottom-up quantum transport in a single venue to provide the
basis for such a scientific exploration. It is essential, easy
reading for beginning undergraduate and practicing graduate
students, physicists unfamiliar with device engineering and
engineers untrained in quantum physics. With just a modest
pre-requisite of freshman maths, the book works quickly through key
concepts in quantum physics, Matlab exercises and original
homeworks, to cover a wide range of topics from chemical bonding to
Hofstader butterflies, domain walls to Chern insulators, solar
cells to photodiodes, FinFETs to Majorana fermions. For the
practicing device engineer, it provides new concepts such as the
quantum of resistance, while for the practicing quantum physicist,
it provides new contexts such as the tunnel transistor.
The Romans built enduring bridges well before Newton came along,
armed simply with a working knowledge of mechanics and materials.
In contrast, today's bridge building is an elaborate enterprise
involving CAD tools, composite materials and acoustic imaging. When
technology is pushed to its limits, a working knowledge proves
inadequate, and an in-depth understanding of core physical
principles, both macroscopic and microscopic, top-down vs
bottom-up, becomes essential.We find ourselves today at a similar
crossroad in semiconductor device technology, where a working
knowledge of solid state electronics is no longer enough. Faced
with the prohibitive cost of computing and the slowdown of chip
manufacturing, device scaling and the global supply chain, the
semiconductor industry is forced to explore alternate platforms
such as 2-D materials, spintronics, analog processing and quantum
engineering.This book combines top-down classical device physics
with bottom-up quantum transport in a single venue to provide the
basis for such a scientific exploration. It is essential, easy
reading for beginning undergraduate and practicing graduate
students, physicists unfamiliar with device engineering and
engineers untrained in quantum physics. With just a modest
pre-requisite of freshman maths, the book works quickly through key
concepts in quantum physics, Matlab exercises and original
homeworks, to cover a wide range of topics from chemical bonding to
Hofstader butterflies, domain walls to Chern insulators, solar
cells to photodiodes, FinFETs to Majorana fermions. For the
practicing device engineer, it provides new concepts such as the
quantum of resistance, while for the practicing quantum physicist,
it provides new contexts such as the tunnel transistor.
'This is one of the best available graduate-level textbooks on
electronic transport at the nanoscale. Its unique feature is
providing a thorough and completely self-contained treatment of
several theoretical formalisms for treating the transport problem.
As such, the book is useful not only for the graduate students
working in the field of nanoscale electrical transport, but also
for the researchers who wish to expand their knowledge of various
fundamental issues associated with this rapidly developing field.
Of particular note are deep physical insights accompanying the
rigorous mathematical derivations in each of the chapters, as well
as the clear statement of all the approximations involved in a
particular theoretical formalism. This winning combination makes
the book very accessible to a reader with basic knowledge of
quantum mechanics, solid state theory and
thermodynamics/statistical mechanics. I give this book the highest
recommendation.' [Read Full Review]Serfei A EgorovUniveristy of
Virginia, USAThis book is aimed at senior undergraduates, graduate
students and researchers interested in quantitative understanding
and modeling of nanomaterial and device physics. With the rapid
slow-down of semiconductor scaling that drove information
technology for decades, there is a pressing need to understand and
model electron flow at its fundamental molecular limits. The
purpose of this book is to enable such a deconstruction needed to
design the next generation memory, logic, sensor and communication
elements. Through numerous case studies and topical examples
relating to emerging technology, this book connects 'top down'
classical device physics taught in electrical engineering classes
with 'bottom up' quantum and many-body transport physics taught in
physics and chemistry. The book assumes no more than a nodding
acquaintance with quantum mechanics, in addition to knowledge of
freshman level mathematics. Segments of this book are useful as a
textbook for a course in nano-electronics.
'This is one of the best available graduate-level textbooks on
electronic transport at the nanoscale. Its unique feature is
providing a thorough and completely self-contained treatment of
several theoretical formalisms for treating the transport problem.
As such, the book is useful not only for the graduate students
working in the field of nanoscale electrical transport, but also
for the researchers who wish to expand their knowledge of various
fundamental issues associated with this rapidly developing field.
Of particular note are deep physical insights accompanying the
rigorous mathematical derivations in each of the chapters, as well
as the clear statement of all the approximations involved in a
particular theoretical formalism. This winning combination makes
the book very accessible to a reader with basic knowledge of
quantum mechanics, solid state theory and
thermodynamics/statistical mechanics. I give this book the highest
recommendation.' [Read Full Review]Serfei A EgorovUniveristy of
Virginia, USAThis book is aimed at senior undergraduates, graduate
students and researchers interested in quantitative understanding
and modeling of nanomaterial and device physics. With the rapid
slow-down of semiconductor scaling that drove information
technology for decades, there is a pressing need to understand and
model electron flow at its fundamental molecular limits. The
purpose of this book is to enable such a deconstruction needed to
design the next generation memory, logic, sensor and communication
elements. Through numerous case studies and topical examples
relating to emerging technology, this book connects 'top down'
classical device physics taught in electrical engineering classes
with 'bottom up' quantum and many-body transport physics taught in
physics and chemistry. The book assumes no more than a nodding
acquaintance with quantum mechanics, in addition to knowledge of
freshman level mathematics. Segments of this book are useful as a
textbook for a course in nano-electronics.
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