Chapter
Fluctuation contribution to heat capacity of the superconducting nanograin
Ultrasmall superconducting grains
Superconducting drops in system with quenched disorder: the smearing of the superconducting transition
Josephson coupled superconducting grains and drops
Classical phase transition in granular superconductors
XY-model for granular superconductor
GL description of the granular superconductor
The broadening of the superconducting transition by quenched disorder
Percolation superconductivity in granular and drop systems
Wigner transport in the presence of phonons: Particle models of electron kinetics
Classical and quantum distribution functions
Classical statistical mechanics
The Wigner function for pure state
Properties of the Wigner function
Classical limit of the Wigner equation
Quantum-statistical mechanics
Generalized Wigner function of the coupled electron-phonon system
Weak coupling and equilibrium phonons approximations
Equilibrium phonon averages
Models for the electron Wigner function
Main model for the electron Wigner function
Collisional broadening and retardation
The intra-collisional field effect (ICFE)
Approximate model for the reduced WF
Classical limit in the electron-phonon interaction
Particle models for the Wigner-Boltzmann equation
Concepts of Monte Carlo method
Evaluation of integral equations
Physical averages in the stationary Wigner-Boltzmann transport: probabilistic analysis
Formulation and reformulation of the transport problem
Integro-differential form revised
Injection from the boundaries
Quantum transport with dissipation
Physical and mathematical structure of quantum noises
White noises as fields in a fast clock
Notations and statement of the problem
Quantum formulation of classical probability theory
Complex random variables as operators on Hilbert spaces
Stochastic processes and quantum fields
Gaussian fields and processes
Different types of Gaussian states
Combining states and dynamics
Convergence of fast fields to noises
The principle of stochastic resonance
Dissipation from white-noise Hamiltonians: a hierarchy of transport equations
The canonical form of the interaction Hamiltonian
The white-noise Hamiltonian equation
Causally normally ordered form of the equation
The stochastic Schrodinger equation
The Langevin (stochastic Heisenberg) equation
Electron lattices coupled to phonon fields: conductivity and resistivity tensors
The stochastic limit of the model
The current vector in the linear response approximation
Computation of the current
The case of radiative dispersion
The linear response approximation
A formula for electrical conductivity
Computational methods for nanoelectronics
Evaluation of the potential due to the gates in the Fermi-level pinning approximation
Two-step 'frozen charge' approximation
Boundary condition based on a density of surface states
Solution of the Schrodinger equation in the presence of a magnetic field
Gauge with non-zero transverse component
Gauge with non-zero longitudinal component
Application to noise and conductance calculations
Sensor parameters and the new Kelvin probe technique
Chemical sensors based on conductivity change of metal oxide semiconductors
Sensitivities in BAW and SAW sensors
Sensitivity and mass resolution of BAW-based sensors
Sensitivity comparison between the two techniques
The Kelvin probe as a sensor
Fundamentals of nanostructured magnetic materials for spintronic devices
Physical basis of spin electronics
Spin injection and probing by diffusion and tunneling
Magnetic tunnel junctions
GMR and interlayer exchange coupling
Oscillatory interlayer exchange coupling in metallic multilayers
Intrinsic spin-valves in layered manganite phases
Electronic structure and magnetism in perovskites
Colossal magnetoresistance and mesoscopic phase separation in manganites
The Hubbard model and GKA rules in oxides
Nanostructuring of oxides
Biaxial strain and orbital ordering
Cation ordering and double perovskites
Improving the TMR of manganite MTJs
Ferromagnetic 2DEG at oxide interfaces
Ferromagnetic/ferroelectric oxides
Silicon nanocrystal memories
Materials and device fabrication
Electrical characteristics
Channel hot-electron programming
Statistics of threshold voltage shift in large arrays: nanocrystal memory scaling
Microscopic description of molecular devices
The Green's-function-based density-functional tight binding (gDFTB)
Application of the gDFTB method to the sensing properties of carbon nanotubes
Influence of the molecule vibrations on charge transport: elastic scattering
Influence of the molecule vibrations on charge transport: Inelastic scattering
Application to di-thio-phenyl molecule
New imaging devices and image processing challenges
CCD chips and nanoscaling
CMOS detectors and nanoscaling
How small should detectors be?
Photo-sensing nanodevices with nanoparticles
3D integrated imaging system
Parallel processing - simulation of the visual cortex
3D-CORTEX system specification
The interlayer data transfer rate
New nanoelectronic devices
Resonant tunnelling devices
Single-Electron Tunnelling (SET) devices
Other switching or memory device concepts
Quantum interference transistors (QITs)
Quantum Cellular Automata (QCA)
Discussion and conclusion
Limits of computational systems, noise and fault tolerance
Cascaded Triple-Modular Redundancy
Green fluorescent proteins as nanometric optical devices for applications in proteomics and biomolecular electronics
Optical and biophysical characteristics of GFP mutants
GFP mutants for live cell imaging
Single-molecule photophysics and photochromism of GFP mutants
E2GFP as photochromic element of 2D biomolecular memories
Conclusions and perspectives
Perspectives of colloidal nanocrystals in nanoscience and nanotechnology
A general model for the growth of colloidal nanocrystals
Shape-controlled nanocrystals
Three-dimensional nanocrystal heterostructures
Optical properties of shaped-controlled semiconductor nanocrystals
Present and potential applications of nanocrystals
Conclusions and perspectives