PREFACE
PHOTO CREDITS
PART I FUNDAMENTALS OF NANOSCOPIC PHYSICS
1 INTRODUCTION TO NANOELECTRONICS
1.1 The "Top-Down" Approach
1.1.1 Lithography,
1.2 The "Bottom-Up" Approach
1.3 Why Nanoelectronics?
1.4 Nanotechnology Potential
1.5 Main Points
1.6 Problems
2 CLASSICAL PARTICLES, CLASSICAL WAVES, AND QUANTUM PARTICLES
2.1 Comparison of Classical and Quantum Systems
2.2 Origins of Quantum Mechanics
2.3 Light as a Wave, Light as a Particle
2.3.1 Light as a Panicle, or Perhaps a Wave--The Early Years,
2.3.2 A Little Later--Light as a Wave,
2.3.3 Finally, Light as a Quantum Panicle,
2.4 Electrons as Particles, Electrons as Waves
2.4.1 Electrons as Particles--The Early Years,
2.4.2 A Little Later--Electrons (and Everything Else) as Quantum Panicles,
2.4.3 Further Development of Quantum Mechanics,
2.5 Wavepackets and Uncertainty
2.6 Main Points
2.7 Problems
3 QUANTUM MECHANICS OF ELECTRONS
3.1 General Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
3.1.1 Operators,
3.1.2 Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions,
3.1.3 Hermitian Operators,
3.1.4 Operators for Quantum Mechanics,
3.1.5 Measurement Probability,
3.2 Time-Independent Schrodinger's Equation
3.2.1 Boundary Conditions on the Wavefunction,
3.3 Analogies Between Quantum Mechanics and Classical Electromagnetics
3.4 Probabilistic Current Density
3.5 Multiple Particle Systems
3.6 Spin and Angular Momentum
3.7 Main Points
3.8 Problems
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