Quantum Transport in Ultrasmall Devices: Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on Quantum Transport in Ultrasmall Devices, held July 17-30, 1994, in II Ciocco, Italy / Edition 1

by David K. Ferry, Harold L. Grubin, Carlo Jacoboni, A.-P. Jauho

Overview

''This work is outstanding....The charm of the work lies herein, that it presents in a coherent fashion a great deal of valuable material. I strongly recommend it in particular to graduate students in experimental semiconductor physics.'' —-Contemporary Physics

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306449994
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	07/31/1995
Series:	Nato Science Series B: , #342
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jennie Maizels is the author-illustrator of numerous books for children, including Pop-up London. She lives in England.

Table of Contents

Lectures: Introduction to Quantum Transport; C. Jacoboni, D.K. Ferry. Traditional Modeling of Semiconductor Devices; C.M. Snowden. Quantum Confined Systems: Wells, Wires, and Dots; U. Rössler. Fabrication of Nanoscale Devices; M.A. Reed, J.W. Sleight. Artificial Impurities in Quantum Wires and Dots; A.S. Sachrajda, et al. Mesoscopic Devices-What Are They? T.J. Thornton. Trajectories in Quantum Transport; J.R. Barker. Two-dimensional Dynamics of Electrons Passing through a Point Contact; C. Jacoboni, et al. Localized Acoustic Phonons in Low Dimensional Structures; N.A. Bannov, et al. Contributed Papers: Vapor Etching of Beam-deposited Carbon on Silicon Dioxide Films; J.M. Ryan, et al. Electron Heating in GaAs Due to Electron-Electron Interactions; B. Brill, M. Beiblum. Transport and Optical Spectroscopy of an Array of Quantum Dots with Strong Coulomb Correlations; C.A. Stafford, S. Das Sarma. Three Dimensional Quantum Transport Simulations of Transmission Fluctuations in a Quantum Dot; S.K. Kirby, et al. Acoustic Scattering of Electrons in a Narrow Quantum Well; A. Matulionis, C. Jacoboni. Nonohmic Phononassisted Landauer Resistance V.L. Gurevich, et al. Acoustic Phonon Relaxation in Valence Band Quantum Wells; G. Edwards, et al. 28 additional articles. Index.

Editorial Reviews

'This work is outstanding....The charm of the work lies herein, that it presents in a coherent fashion a great deal of valuable material. I strongly recommend it in particular to graduate students in experimental semiconductor physics.'
Contemporary Physics

From the Publisher

This nicely drawn touristy trip through the city focuses on Manhattan…The old architectural standbys—the Empire State Building, the Flatiron Building—are looking great as ever, and you can see how newer arrivals have added interest to the cityscape.

The New York Times - Maria Russo

This tour of New York City features five pop-up spreads filled with detailed images and numerous facts. The buildings and landmarks literally stand up on the pages. Information appears everywhere—written in speech bubbles and framed boxes, printed on the backs on buildings, and inserted under lift-up flaps. The first spread offers a welcome as it shows the Statue of Liberty, the 9/11 Memorial, the Wall Street District, and the beginning of the Brooklyn Bridge. A small yellow taxi gives hints about the next pages. “See you at Macy’s!” Notable items on the next page include the Empire State Building, the Public Library, and Washington Square. The third scene is “All along 42nd Street,” while the fourth features “Greenery and Galleries.” The last spread celebrates the Yankees, the Bronx Zoo, and the Botanical Gardens. The book can be read front-to-back, back-to-front, and upside down. It will pull readers back again and again as they continue to discover more facts and images. Reviewer: Phyllis Kennemer, Ph.D.; Ages 6 to 10.

Children's Literature - Phyllis Kennemer

09/01/2014
Gr 2–5—Four spreads of fabulous paper engineering feature two-sided pop-up images of skyscrapers, bridges, museums, and a sports complex, while illustrated flaps lift to reveal facts about transportation, parks and gardens, the New York Police Department, museums, zoos, famous residents, and more. Each spread also includes a "little book" that provides a few lines on city celebrities of yore, local sports teams, Manhattan Island, and children's books that take place in the Big Apple; a chunk of text on the featured area of the city; loads of informative captions; and a challenge to locate images in the book. The architectural sites are rendered in black line and colored in pastels, with splashes of color (see the jazzy "All Along 42nd Street" spread). Along with the well-known sights that residents and nonresidents alike will be looking for are some newer landmarks: One World Trade Center (the Freedom Tower), the High Line, and the 9/11 Memorial. The focus is on Manhattan, but there are a few nods to the outer boroughs (Bronx Zoo, Staten Island Ferry, the Queens Unisphere, and the Brooklyn Bridge). Delightful and edifying, but bound to take a beating if it leaves the library.—Daryl Grabarek, School Library Journal

School Library Journal

2014-10-15
A breezy 3-D ramble through the core of the Big Apple, from Battery Park to the Bronx Zoo. Moving generally south to north, the five spreads offer clusters of skyscrapers capped by a telescoping Empire State Building that rears up to over 18 inches with a pull. Other prominent structures range from the Brooklyn and George Washington bridges to Yankee Stadium (the new one). Some newer landmarks, such as the High Line and the 9/11 Memorial, pop up among the traditional tourist stops. Along with sidelights, looks inside and descriptive captions on the backs of the cut-out buildings, explanatory labels and flaps add historical notes, identify at least a few neighborhoods and give shoutouts to New York's food, children's books, native music, and prominent residents of the past and present. Like the author's Pop-Up London (2012), the geography is too creative and compressed to serve as a reliable on-the-ground tour guide, and aside from the Bronx, the "outer boroughs" are largely left to shuffle off to Buffalo. Still, this evocation of the city's bustle as well as its general layout will put both residents and temporary guests in a New York state of mind. A pleasing tribute to New York's bright lights, unique sights and architectural flights. (Pop-up informational picture book. 6-10)

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