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ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT IN
NANOSCALE SYSTEMS
In recent years there has been a huge increase in the research and development of
nanoscale science and technology, with electrical transport playing a central role.
This graduate textbook provides an in-depth description of the transport phenomena
relevant to systems of nanoscale dimensions.
In this textbook the different theoretical approaches are critically discussed, with
emphasis on their basic assumptions and approximations. The book also covers
information content in the measurement of currents, the role of initial conditions
in establishing a steady state, and the modern use of density-functional theory.
Topics are introduced by simple physical arguments, with particular attention to
the non-equilibrium statistical nature of electrical conduction, and followed by a
detailed formal derivation. This textbook is ideal for graduate students in physics,
chemistry, and electrical engineering.
Massimiliano Di Ventrais Professor of Physics at the University of Califor-
nia, San Diego. He has published over 70 papers in refereed journals, co-edited the
textbook Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Technology (Springer, 2004), and
has delivered more than 100 invited talks worldwide on the subject of this book.
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ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT IN
NANOSCALE SYSTEMS
MASSIMILIANO DI VENTRA
University of California, San Diego
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