Nano-Physics and Bio-Electronics

A New Odyssey

T. Chakraborty, F. Peeters, U. Sivan

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Print ISBN: 9780444509932
• eBook ISBN: 9780080537245
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Quantum Theory
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This book is a collection of some of the invited talks presented at the international meeting held at the Max Planck Institut fuer Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany during August 6-30, 2001, on the rapidly developing field of nanoscale science in science and bio-electronics Semiconductor physics has experienced unprecedented developments over the second half of the twentieth century. The exponential growth in microelectronic processing power and the size of dynamic memorie has been achieved by significant downscaling of the minimum feature size. Smaller feature sizes result in increased functional density, faster speed, and lower costs. In this process one is reaching the limits where quantum effects and fluctuations are beginning to play an important role. This book reflects the achievements of the present times and future directions of research on nanoscopic dimensions.

Chapter 1

Electronic states and transport in carbon nanotubes

Tsuneya Ando [email protected] Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan

Abstract

A brief review is given of electronic and transport properties of carbon nanotubes mainly from a theoretical point of view. The topics include a giant Aharonov-Bohm effect on the band gap and a Landau-level formation in magnetic fields, optical absorption spectra, and exciton effects. Transport properties are also discussed including absence of backward scattering except for scatterers with a potential range smaller than the lattice constant, a conductance quantization in the presence of short-range and strong scatterers such as lattice vacancies, and transport across junctions between nanotubes with different diameters. A continuum model for phonons in the long-wavelength limit and the resistivity determined by phonon scattering is reviewed as well.

1. Introduction 2

2. Electronic states 4

2.1. Two-dimensional graphite 4

2.2. Nanotubes 10

3. Optical properties 19

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Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright page
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Electronic states and transport in carbon nanotubes
• Chapter 2: Vertical diatomic artificial quantum dot molecules
• Chapter 3: Optical spectroscopy of self-assembled quantum dots
• Chapter 4: Generation of single photons using semiconductor quantum dots
• Chapter 5: Spin, spin-orbit, and electron-electron interactions in mesoscopic systems
• Chapter 6: Kondo effect in quantum dots with an even number of electrons
• Chapter 7: From single dots to interacting arrays
• Chapter 8: Quantum dots in a strong magnetic field: Quasi-classical consideration
• Chapter 9: Micro-Hall-magnetometry
• Chapter 10: Stochastic optimization methods for biomolecular structure prediction
• Chapter 11: Electrical transport through a molecular nanojunction
• Chapter 12: Single metalloproteins at work: Towards a single-protein transistor
• Chapter 13: Towards synthetic evolution of nanostructures
• Subject Index