PC5212  Physics of Nanostructures       

List of Reference Materials

Ferry D K and Goodnick S M 1997 Transport in nanostructures (Cambridge: Cambridge

            University Press)    [QC176.8 Nan.Fe, SL reserved]

Moriarty P 2001 Rep. Prog. Phys. 64 297

Timp G (ed) 1999 Nanotechnology (New York: Springer)  [T174.7 Nan, SL reserved]

Hari Singh Nalwa (ed) 2002 Nanostructured materials and nanotechnology (London:

             Academic Press) [T174.7 Nan, SL reserved]

Wang Z L (ed) 2000 Characterization of nanophase materials (Weinheim: Wiley-VCH) 

             [TA418.9 Nan.Ch]   

Low-dimensional systems, quantum wells, quantum dots

Davis J H 1997 The physics of low-dimensional semiconductors: an introduction (Cambridge: Cambridge

            University Press)   [QC611.8 Low.D, SL reserved]

Capasso F (ed) 1990 Physics of quantum electron devices (Berlin: Springer)  [QC688 Phy]

Shik A 1997 Quantum wells: physics and electronics of two-dimensional systems (Singapore: World

            Scientific)      [QC176.8 Qua.S]

Barnham K and Vvedensky D (ed) 2001 Low-dimensional semiconductor structures: Fundamentals and device

            applications (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)   [QC611.6 Low.L]

Datta S, and McLennan M J 1990 Rep. Prog. Phys. 53 1003

Thornton T J 1994 Rep. Prog. Phys. 57 311

Smith C G 1996 Rep. Prog. Phys. 59 235

Jeckelmann B and Jeanneret B 2001 Rep. Prog. Phys. 64 1389

Mesoscopic systems

Ando T et al. 1998 Mesoscopic physics and electronics (Berlin: Springer)     [QC176.8 Mes.Me] 

Imry Y 1997 Introduction to mesoscopic physics (New York: Oxford University Press)  [QC176.8 Mes.I]

Namba S, Hamaguchi C and Ando T (eds) 1992 Science and technology of mesoscopic structures (Tokyo:

           Springer)   [QC176.8 Mes.S]

STM, AFM, NSOM ...

Barbara P F, Adams D M and O'Connor D B 1999 Annu. Rev. Mater. Sci. 29 433

Besenbacher F 1996 Rep. Prog. Phys. 59 1737

Hartmann U 1999 Annu. Rev. Mater. Sci. 29 53

Nyffenegger R M and Penner R M 1997 Chem. Rev. 97 1195

Courjon D and Bainier C 1994 Rep. Prog. Phys. 57 989

Hsu J W P 2001 Mater. Sci. Engin. R 33 1

Optoelectronics of nanostructures

Abstreiter G, Aydinli A and Leburton J -P (eds) 1997 Optical spectroscopy of low dimensional

             semiconductors (Dordrecht: Kluwer)   [QC611.6 Opt.O]

Bimberg D, Grundmann M and Ledentsov N N 1999 Quantum dot heterostructures (Chichester: Wiley)

            [TK7874.88 Bim]

Liu H C and Capasso F (eds) 2000 Intersubband transitions in quantum wells: physics and device

            applications I (San Diego: Academic Press)  [QC610.9 Ss 62]

Nanotubes & Nanowires                                           

Dresselhauss M S, Dresselhauss G and Avouris Ph. (eds) 2000 Carbon nanotubes: synthesis, structure,

             properties, and applications (New York: Springer)   [TA455 Car.Ca]                          

Saito R, Dresselhauss G and Dresselhauss M S 1998 Physical properties of carbon nanotubes (London: 

            Imperial College Press)    [TA418.9 Nan.Sa]

Clusters & nano-crystallites

Marks L D 1994 Rep. Prog. Phys. 57 603

Meiwes-Broer K -H (ed) 2000 Metal clusters at surfaces: structure, quantum properties, physical

             chemistry (Berlin: Springer)    [QC173.4 Mic.M]

Sugano S and Koizumi H 1998 Microcluster physics 2nd edn (Berlin: Springer)    [QC173.4 Mic.S]

Edelstein A S and Cammarata R C (eds) 1996 Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Bristol: IOP) 

            [TA418.9 Nan.N, SL reserved]

Single-electron devices

Grabert H and Devoret M H (eds) 1992 Single charge tunneling: Coulomb blockade phenomena in

             nanostructures (New York: Plenum)   [QC176.8 Tun.Si]

Koch H and Lübbig H (eds) 1992 Single-electron tunneling and mesoscopic devices (Berlin: Springer) 

            [QC610.9 Sin] 

Visscher E H 1996 Technology and applications of single-electron tunneling devices (Delft: Delft 

            University Press)    [QC176.8 Tun.V]

Molecular-electronics

Aviram A (ed) 1992 Molecular electronics - science and technology (New York: AIP)     [QC3 Aip.262]

Aviram A and Ratner M A (eds) 1998 Molecular electronics: science and technology (New York: New

            York Academy of Sciences)   [Q1 Nasa.852]

Birge R R (ed) 1994 Molecular and biomolecular electronics (Washington, DC: American Chemical

            Society) [QD1.Acse 240]

Jortner J and Ratner M (eds) 1997 Molecular electronics (Oxford: Blackwell Science)  [TK7874.8 M653]

Sienicki K 1993 (ed) Molecular electronics and molecular electronic devices (Boca Raton: CRC Press) 

            [TK7874.8 M654]

Rietman E 2000 Molecular engineering of nanosystems (New York: Springer)   [T174.7 Rie]

Magnetic nanostructures                                     

Hartmann U (ed) 2000 Magnetic multilayers and giant magnetoresistance: fundamentals and industrial 

           applications (Berlin: Springer)   [QC176.84 Mag.M]                                             

O'Handley R C 1999 Modern magnetic materials: principles and applications (New York: Wiley)

           [TK454.4 Mag.O]

Surface science & thin film

Pimpinelli A and Villain J 1998 Physics of crystal growth  ((New York: Cambridge University Press)  

            [QC176.8 Sur.Pi]

Tu K -N, Mayer J W and Feldman L C 1992 Electronic thin film science: for electrical engineers and

           materials scientists (New York: Macmillan)    [QC176.9 Mul.T]

Venables J A 2000 Introduction to surface and thin film processes (Cambridge: Cambridge

            University Press)   [QC176.83 Ven]

Zhang Z and Lagally M G (eds) 1998 Morphological organization in epitaxial growth and removal

           (Singapore: World Scientific)    [QC611 Mor]