指定用書(Text Books)
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<br>The lecture notes (text format) will be written by the instructor and 
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<br>chapter by chapter.
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<br>教學進度(Syllabus)
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<br>Title: Nanostructure Physics and Devices
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<br>Theoretical part:
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<br>1.Review of 1D/2D quantum mechanics/statistics
<br>-Wave solutions
<br>-Density of states
<br>-1D noninteracting metal - quantized conductance
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<br>2.1D interacting metal – Luttinger liquid (I)
<br>-Review of Fermi Liquid
<br>-Bosonization
<br>-Green’s function
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<br>3.1D interacting metal – Luttinger liquid (II)
<br>-Strong correlation 
<br>-Density of states
<br>-Tunneling conductance
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<br>4.Spintronics – Luttinger liquid approach
<br>-Scaling dimension of impurity potential
<br>-Spin filtering effect of Luttinger liquid
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<br>5.2D grapheme
<br>-Band structure
<br>-Klein paradox
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<br>Experimental part:
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<br>6.Electrical transport
<br>-Difficulties in the measurements of intrinsic I-V characteristics
<br>-Transport measurements
<br>-Data analysis
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<br>7.1D electrical transport and electronic device 
<br>-Silicon-compatible carbon nanotube processing technologies
<br>-Noninteracting transport and devices
<br>-Interacting transport and devices
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<br>8.Spin transport and devices 
<br>-Generation of spin-polarized current
<br>-Local measurement of spin current (Spin valve effect)
<br>-Non-local measurement of spin current
<br>-Spin transistors
<br>-Spin non-volatile memory
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<br>9.Graphene-based electronics
<br>-Silicon-compatible graphene processing technologies 
<br>-Klein paradox and ballistic transport
<br>-Graphene field effect transistors
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<br>成績考核(Evaluation)
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<br>Homework (20%), midterm (40%), final (40%)
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