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* '''Theoretical techniques:''' Boltzmann equation, spin and charge diffusion equations, Landauer-Büttiker scattering formalism, nonequilibrium Green function (NEGF) techniques. | * '''Theoretical techniques:''' Boltzmann equation, spin and charge diffusion equations, Landauer-Büttiker scattering formalism, nonequilibrium Green function (NEGF) techniques. | ||
* '''Experimental techniques:''' Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscopy. | * '''Experimental techniques:''' Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscopy. | ||
* '''Applications:''' nanoelectronics, | * '''Applications:''' nanoelectronics, thermoelectrics, and spintronics. | ||
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- Nanostructures in equilibrium: two-dimensional electron gas, graphene, carbon nanotubes, quantum wires and dots, magnetic nanostructures, elements of density functional theory (DFT).
- Nanostructure out of equilibrium: conductance quantization, weak and strong localization, quantum Hall effect, interferometers, magnetic tunnel junctions, Coulomb blockade, I-V curves.
- Theoretical techniques: Boltzmann equation, spin and charge diffusion equations, Landauer-Büttiker scattering formalism, nonequilibrium Green function (NEGF) techniques.
- Experimental techniques: Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscopy.
- Applications: nanoelectronics, thermoelectrics, and spintronics.
