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LOW DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND NANOSTRUCTURES Angel Rubio & Nerea Zabala Fall 2007 http://www.nanopicoftheday.org/alphaindex.htm 1 LOW DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND NANOSTRUCTURES To contact us: Nerea Zabala: nerea@we.lc.ehu.es or


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LOW DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND NANOSTRUCTURES

Angel Rubio & Nerea Zabala Fall 2007

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http://www.nanopicoftheday.org/alphaindex.htm

  • To contact us:
  • Nerea Zabala: nerea@we.lc.ehu.es or nerea.zabala@ehu.es
  • Angel Rubio: arubio@ehu.es or Angel.Rubio@ehu.es

LOW DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND NANOSTRUCTURES

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LOW DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND NANOSTRUCTURES

  • The aim:

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  • This course in intended to provide a general introduction to the most

important nanostructures in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, attending to their dimensionality (2D, 1D, 0D).

  • The most important phenomena emerging in low dimensional systems

will be described.

  • Finally special attention will be paid to carbon nanostructures, which

exist in all dimensions (diamond, graphite, nanotubes, fullerenes...).

  • Background:

LOW DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND NANOSTRUCTURES

  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Solid State Physics
  • Nanoscience: a historical perspective

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  • 3 ECTS Credits:
  • 1ECT credit=25 hours
  • 30% lectures
  • 20% exercises
  • 30% personal work
  • 20% others: short questions posed during the course, essays,

bibliographic search....

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  • The lectures:

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  • DIPC
  • Wednesday, Thursday 10:00-12:00
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  • The contents:
  • 1. Length scales and low dimensionality.
  • 2. Electronic states and quantum confined systems.
  • 3. 2D systems. Quantum wells, heterojunctions and artificial structures.

Quantum Hall effect.

  • 4. 1D systems. Quantum wires: quantum transport.
  • 5. 0D systems. Quantum dots and artificial atoms: electronic (single electron

tunneling and Coulomb blockade) and optical properties. Metal clusters.

  • 6. Carbon nanostructures: fullerenes and carbon nanotubes.

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  • Calendar& program:

No lecture

  • N. Zabala
  • A. Rubio

1) Length scales and low dimensionality.

  • Presentation

2) Electronic states and quantum confined systems.

3)2D systems. Quantum wells, heterojunctions and artificial structures.

3)2D systems. QH effect

4) 1D systems. Quantum wires. Quantum transport Wednesday& Thursday 10:00-12:00

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Student presentations

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  • Calendar& program:

Test (?)

5) 0D systems. 6) Carbon nanostructures: fullerenes and carbon nanotubes.

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No lecture

  • A. Rubio

Student presentations

  • Examination:
  • Exercises and participation, 30%
  • Short test, 40%
  • Monographic essay, 30%

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  • Subjects for monographic essays:
  • Based on a paper covering some aspect discussed briefly in the lectures.
  • Approximate length: less than 10 written pages.
  • Date: the last week (24, 30, 31 January)

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  • Material:

http://alweb.ehu.es/nezabala

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  • The material used in the lectures will appear here:

http://dipc.ehu.es/arubio

  • More material and information also in:

http://nano-bio.ehu.es

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  • Literature:
  • “The Physics and Chemistry of Solids”, Stephen Elliot, Wiley, 2000.( Ch. 8)
  • “Introduction to solid Sate Physics”, Charles Kittel, Wiley (8th edition), (Ch.17,18)
  • “Introduction to Modern Solid State Physics”, Y. M. Galperin, (electronic, pdf on line)
  • ”The physics of low dimensional semiconductors”, J.H. DaviesCambridge University Press, 1998.
  • “Introduction to mesoscopic physics”, Y. Imry, Oxford University Press, 1997.
  • “Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems”, Supriyo Datta,Cambridge University Press, 1995.
  • “Transport in Nanostructures”, D.K. Ferry and S. M. Goodnick, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
  • “Mesoscopic Physics and electronics”, T. Ando, Y. Arakawa, F. Furuya, S. Komiyama and H. Nakashima,

Spinger, 1998.

  • “Mesoscopic systems. Fundamentals and Applications”, Yoshimasa Murayama, Wiley-Vch, 2001.
  • “Mesoscopic Physisc and Electronics”, T. Ando, Y. Arakawa, K. Furuya, S. Komiyama and H. Nakashima,

Springer-Verlag, 1998.

  • “Structure and properties of Atomic Nanoclusters”, J.A. Alonso, Imperial College Press, 2005.
  • “Carbon Nanotubes, Síntesis, Structure, Properties and Applications”, M. S. Dresselhau, G. Dresselhaus

and P. Avouris, Springer-verlag, 2001.

  • “Quantum properties of atomic-sized conductors”,N. Agrait, A. Levy yeyati and J.M. Van Ruitenbeek,

Physics Reports 377, 81 (2003).

  • “Electronic structure of quantum dots”, S. M. Reimann and M. Manninen”, Rev. Mod. Phys. 74, 1283

(2002).

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