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Table of Contents Preface vii List of notation xii Toward the nanoscale 1 Particles and waves 11 Introduction 11 Classical particles 11 Classical waves 13 Wave-particle duality 23 Closing remarks 28 Problems 29 Wave mechanics 33 Introduction 33 The Schrodinger wave equation 33 Wave mechanics of particles: selected examples 38 Atoms and atomic orbitals 55 Closing remarks 62 Problems 63 Materials for nanoelectronics 65 Introduction 65 Semiconductors 66 Crystal lattices: bonding in crystals 68 Electron energy bands 73 Semiconductor heterostructures 84 Lattice-matched and pseudomorphic heterostructures 87 Organic semiconductors 95 Carbon nanomaterials: nanotubes and fullerenes 98 Closing remarks 104 Problems 107 Growth, fabrication, and measurement techniques for nanostructures 109 Introduction 109 Bulk crystal and heterostructure growth 110 Nanolithography, etching, and other means for fabrication of nanostructures and nanodevices 115 Techniques for characterization of nanostructures 120 Spontaneous formation and ordering of nanostructures 127 Clusters and nanocrystals 134 Methods of nanotube growth 136 Chemical and biological methods for nanoscale fabrication 141 Fabrication of nanoelectromechanical systems 157 Closing remarks 161 Problems 163 Electron transport in semiconductors and nanostructures 165 Introduction 165 Time and length scales of the electrons in solids 165 Statistics of the electrons in solids and nanostructures 172 The density of states of electrons in nanostructures 180 Electron transport in nanostructures 183 Closing remarks 213 Problems 215 Electrons in traditional low-dimensional structures 218 Introduction 218 Electrons in quantum wells 218 Electrons in quantum wires 228 Electrons in quantum dots 231 Closing remarks 237 Problems 238 Nanostructure devices 242 Introduction 242 Resonant-tunneling diodes 242 Field-effect transistors 255 Single-electron-transfer devices 269 Potential-effect transistors 276 Light-emitting diodes and lasers 284 Nanoelectromechanical system devices 306 Quantum-dot cellular automata 317 Closing remarks 321 Tables of units 323 Index 325.