Transport Phenomena in Micro- and Nanoscale Functional Materials and Devices offers a pragmatic view on transport phenomena for micro- and nanoscale materials and devices, both as a research tool and as a means to implant new functions in materials. Chapters emphasize transport properties (TP) as a research tool at the micro/nano level and give an experimental view on underlying techniques. The relevance of TP is highlighted through the interplay between a micro/nanocarrier’s characteristics and media characteristics: long/short-range order and disorder excitations, couplings, and in energy conversions. Later sections contain case studies on the role of transport properties in functional nanomaterials.
This includes transport in thin films and nanostructures, from nanogranular films, to graphene and 2D semiconductors and spintronics, and from read heads, MRAMs and sensors, to nano-oscillators and energy conversion, from figures of merit, micro-coolers and micro-heaters, to spincaloritronics.
1. Transport Phenomena in Micro- and Nanoscale Functional Materials and Devices - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. ii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Preface - p. vii 7. Acknowledgments - p. xiii 8. Chapter 1 A brief overview on transport phenomena - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Calculation principles for transport coefficients - p. 27 10. Chapter 3 Illustrative microscopic calculations for electronic systems - p. 45 11. 3.1: Basic microscopic formulae - p. 45 12. 3.2: Impurity scattering - p. 47 13. 3.3: Lattice thermal vibrations and electrical resistivity - p. 56 14. 3.4: Physical features and constrains on electron–phonon collisions - p. 68 15. 3.5: Phonon-induced ρ(T) dependence - p. 76 16. Chapter 4 Heat transport by phonons and electrons - p. 85 17. Chapter 5 Advanced topics - p. 115 18. Chapter 6 Transport phenomena in thin films and nanostructures - p. 141 19. 6.1: Electrical resistivity in thin films - p. 141 20. 6.2: Ballistic electron transport and Landauer formalism - p. 145 21. 6.3: Phonons in nanowires and heat conduction - p. 157 22. Chapter 7 Electrical measurements - p. 191 23. Chapter 8 Thermal and thermoelectrical measurements - p. 209 24. 8.1: Thermal conductivity - p. 209 25. 8.2: Seebeck effect - p. 231 26. 8.3: Experimental and technical notes - p. 246 27. Chapter 9 Transport effects under magnetic fields - p. 253 28. Chapter 10 Noncontact techniques - p. 273 29. Chapter 11 Microscopic information provided by transport measurements - p. 309 30. 11.1: Transport as a versatile and sensitive research tool - p. 309 31. 11.2: Transport properties on magnetic materials: basic mechanisms and models - p. 310 32. 11.3: Universal behavior of transport properties near a phase transition - p. 315 33. 11.4: Magnetocaloric effect and relations with magnetotransport - p. 323 34. 11.5: Relaxation phenomena and spectroscopic-like transport behavior - p. 341 35. 11.6: Thermoelectrics: physical principles and materials engineering for energy conversion - p. 347 36. Chapter 12 Transport at the nanoscale - p. 363 37. 12.1: Transport phenomena in 2D graphene - p. 363 38. 12.2: Spintronics - p. 386 39. 12.3: Discontinuous metal–insulator magnetic multilayers - p. 413 40. 12.4: Resistive switching in nanostructured materials - p. 428 41. Index - p. 461
Transport Phenomena in Micro- and Nanoscale Functional Materials and Devices offers a pragmatic view on transport phenomena for micro- and nanoscale materials and devices, both as a research tool and as a means to implant new functions in materials. Chapters emphasize transport properties (TP) as a research tool at the micro/nano level and give an experimental view on underlying techniques. The relevance of TP is highlighted through the interplay between a micro/nanocarrier’s characteristics and media characteristics: long/short-range order and disorder excitations, couplings, and in energy conversions. Later sections contain case studies on the role of transport properties in functional nanomaterials.
This includes transport in thin films and nanostructures, from nanogranular films, to graphene and 2D semiconductors and spintronics, and from read heads, MRAMs and sensors, to nano-oscillators and energy conversion, from figures of merit, micro-coolers and micro-heaters, to spincaloritronics.
1. Transport Phenomena in Micro- and Nanoscale Functional Materials and Devices - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. ii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Preface - p. vii 7. Acknowledgments - p. xiii 8. Chapter 1 A brief overview on transport phenomena - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Calculation principles for transport coefficients - p. 27 10. Chapter 3 Illustrative microscopic calculations for electronic systems - p. 45 11. 3.1: Basic microscopic formulae - p. 45 12. 3.2: Impurity scattering - p. 47 13. 3.3: Lattice thermal vibrations and electrical resistivity - p. 56 14. 3.4: Physical features and constrains on electron–phonon collisions - p. 68 15. 3.5: Phonon-induced ρ(T) dependence - p. 76 16. Chapter 4 Heat transport by phonons and electrons - p. 85 17. Chapter 5 Advanced topics - p. 115 18. Chapter 6 Transport phenomena in thin films and nanostructures - p. 141 19. 6.1: Electrical resistivity in thin films - p. 141 20. 6.2: Ballistic electron transport and Landauer formalism - p. 145 21. 6.3: Phonons in nanowires and heat conduction - p. 157 22. Chapter 7 Electrical measurements - p. 191 23. Chapter 8 Thermal and thermoelectrical measurements - p. 209 24. 8.1: Thermal conductivity - p. 209 25. 8.2: Seebeck effect - p. 231 26. 8.3: Experimental and technical notes - p. 246 27. Chapter 9 Transport effects under magnetic fields - p. 253 28. Chapter 10 Noncontact techniques - p. 273 29. Chapter 11 Microscopic information provided by transport measurements - p. 309 30. 11.1: Transport as a versatile and sensitive research tool - p. 309 31. 11.2: Transport properties on magnetic materials: basic mechanisms and models - p. 310 32. 11.3: Universal behavior of transport properties near a phase transition - p. 315 33. 11.4: Magnetocaloric effect and relations with magnetotransport - p. 323 34. 11.5: Relaxation phenomena and spectroscopic-like transport behavior - p. 341 35. 11.6: Thermoelectrics: physical principles and materials engineering for energy conversion - p. 347 36. Chapter 12 Transport at the nanoscale - p. 363 37. 12.1: Transport phenomena in 2D graphene - p. 363 38. 12.2: Spintronics - p. 386 39. 12.3: Discontinuous metal–insulator magnetic multilayers - p. 413 40. 12.4: Resistive switching in nanostructured materials - p. 428 41. Index - p. 461
