Quantum Dots: A Doorway to Nanoscale Physics

by W Dieter Heiss

Book Overview

Quantum dots, often denoted artificial atoms, are the exquisite tools by which quantum behavior can be probed on a scale appreciably larger than the atomic scale, that is on the nanometer scale. In this way, the physics of the devices is closer to classical physics than that of atomic physics but they are still sufficiently small to clearly exhibit quantum phenomena. The present volume is devoted to an introduction to some of these fascinating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540242368
• ISBN13: 9783540242369
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"