Transport Phenomena in Micro- and Nanoscale Functional Materials and Devices

Transport Phenomena in Micro- and Nanoscale Functional Materials and Devices offers an experiment-orientated, pragmatic view on transport phenomena for micro- and nanoscale materials and devices, both as a research tool and as a means to implant new functions in a material. Part I emphasises transport properties (TP) as a powerful research tool at the micro/nano level, and also gives an experimental view on the underlying techniques. The relevance of TP is highlighted through the interplay between a micro/nanocarrier's characteristics and the media characteristics: long/short-range order and disorder (atomic, magnetic, electric), excitations, couplings and in energy conversions. The role of external parameters and driving forces, in static or dynamic regimes, to functionalize TP includes thermo-magneto-galvanic and changes in carrier concentrations (also with phonons), as well as direct energy conversions such as thermoelectric and photoelectric. In suitable functional media, external agents can also induce switching, memory phenomena and phase transitions, and these can be sharply reflected in different transport properties. The TP characteristics and their high experimental accuracy provide extreme sensitivity to minute changes in the media, thus amplifying their functionalities at the micro/nanoscale level. Part II contains case studies, giving up-to-date perspectives on the role of transport properties in functional nanomaterials in forefront science and technological applications. This includes transport in thin films and Nanostructures, from nanogranular films to graphene and 2D semiconductors, spintronics, from read heads, MRAMs and sensors to nano-oscillators, and energy conversion, from figures of merit, micro-coolers and micro-heaters, to spincaloritronics. A pragmatic description of electrical transport phenomena in micro- and nanoscale materials and devices from an experimental viewpointAn in-depth overview of the experimental techniques available to measure transport phenomena in micro- and nanoscale materials, featuring case studies to illustrate how each worksHighlights emerging areas of interest in micro- and nanomaterial transport phenomena, including spintronics INDICE: 1. General formulation of transport phenomena2. Transport phenomena and their relations4. Transient and dynamics of transport phenomena5. Microscopic information provided by transport measurements; case studies6. Transport phenomena in thin films and nanostructures7. Spintronics 8. Role of transport coefficients in energy conversion devices

• ISBN: 978-0-323-46097-2
• Editorial: William Andrew
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés