Lundstrom M.S., Jeong C. Near-Equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals and Applications

Hackensack, London; USA, UK: World Scientific, 2013. — 250 p. — (Lessons from Nanoscience 02). — ISBN: 978-981-4327-78-7.These lectures are designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of carrier transport in nano-devices using a novel, "bottom up approach" that agrees with traditional methods when devices are large, but which also works for nano-devices. The goal is to help students learn how to think about carrier transport at the nanoscale and also how the bottom up approach provides a new perspective to traditional concepts like mobility and drift-diffusion equations. The lectures are designed for engineers and scientists and others who need a working knowledge of near-equilibrium ("low-field" or "linear") transport. Applications of the theory and measurement considerations are also addressed. The lectures serve as a starting point to an extensive set of instructional materials available online.Overview
General Model for Transport
Resistance: Ballistic to Diffusive
Thermoelectric Effects: Physical Approach
Thermoelectric Effects: Mathematics
An Introduction to Scattering
Boltzmann Transport Equation
Near-equilibrium Transport: Measurements
Phonon Transport
Graphene: A Case Study
Appendix Summary of Key Results