Near-equilibrium transport. Fundamentals and applications
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 1277.80002
DOI: 10.1142/7975
author: Mark Lundstrom
author: Changwook Jeong
publication date: 2012-06-18T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 80-02
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 80A20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82D99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82C70
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82-02
zbMATH DE Number: 6047069
zbMATH Keywords: near-equilibrium transport
zbMATH Keywords: electrical conductivity
zbMATH Keywords: Datta's model of nanodevices
zbMATH Keywords: Landauer approach
zbMATH Keywords: Boltzmann transport equation
zbMATH Keywords: Seebeck coefficient thermopower
zbMATH Keywords: Peltier coefficient
zbMATH Keywords: heat conductivity
zbMATH Keywords: ballistic transport
zbMATH Keywords: diffuse transport
zbMATH Keywords: Kelvin relation
zbMATH Keywords: Wiedemann-Franz law
zbMATH Keywords: Pauw measurements
zbMATH Keywords: Hall measurements
zbMATH Keywords: phonon transport
zbMATH Keywords: graphene
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title: Near-equilibrium transport. Fundamentals and applications
published in: Lessons from Nanoscience. A Lecture Note Series
review text: With the term ``near-equilibrium transport'', the author of the present textbook describes transport of charged particles in materials where the electrical current varies linearly with the voltage. This near-equilibrium transport is the foundation to understand transport properties in general, it gives reference points for the comparison with more complicated situations, and it strongly influences the performance of most electronic devices. Besides, recently, scientists are interested in near-equillibrium transport in extremely short conductors, e.g.\ of the dimension of a molecule.NEWLINENEWLINEThus, the present new book is designed to introduce the reader into the fundamentals of carrier transport in nano-devices using a novel ``bottom-up approach'' that agrees with traditional methods when the devices are large, but which also works for nano-devices. The goal is to make the reader acquainted with the carrier transport at the nanoscale and to show how the bottom-up approach provides a new perspective to traditional concepts like mobility and drift-diffusion equations.NEWLINENEWLINENear-equilibrium transport may be -- in dependence on the mean free path of the charged particles and the dimensions of the systems -- diffusive or ballistic. In case of strong electric fields, the transport may be non-local, and electron overshoot can occur. Under the condition that the potential changes rapidly on the scale of the electron wavelength, quantum physical effects like reflection and tunnelig become important. Also, the various kinds of possible material disorders determine the transport of charged particles. All these phenomena are briefly discussed in the textbook. Further, although the focus of the book is on electron transport in semiconductors and metals, also phonon transport is considered. Moreover, thermoelectric phenomena are also explained.NEWLINENEWLINEIn detail, after a short introduction, the book consists of nine chapters, the aim of which (see pages 7--9) is …
reviewed by: Claudia-Veronika Meister
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6047069