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COURSE TOPICS:

• 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 techniques (NEGF)
• Experimental techniques: Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscopy.
• Applications: nanoelectronics, molecular electronics and spintronics.