Near-Equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals and Applications
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| Lecture 1: Introduction to Near-equilibrium Transport | View HTML View Flash |
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| A short overview of the topics to be discussed in the following nine
lectures in this short course on near-equilibrium transport. |
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| Lecture 2: General Model for Transport | View HTML View Flash |
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| Datta's model of a nanodevice is introduced as a general way of describing nanodevices as well, as bulk metals and semiconductors. |
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| Lecture 3: Resistance-Ballistic to Diffusive | View HTML View Flash |
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| The resistance of a ballistic conductor and concepts, such as the quantum
contact resistance, are introduced and discussed. The results are then
generalized to treat transport all the way from... |
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| Lecture 4: Thermoelectric Effects-Physical Approach | View HTML View Flash |
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| The effect of temperature gradients on current flow and how electrical currents produce heat currents are discussed. |
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| Lecture 5: Thermoelectric Effects - Mathematics | View HTML View Flash |
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| Beginning with the general model for transport, we mathematically derive
expressions for the four thermoelectric transport coefficients:
(i) Electrical conductivity,
(ii) Seebeck coefficient (or... |
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| Lecture 6: An Introduction to Scattering | View Flash | View | Notes (pdf) | YouTube |
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| In this lecture, we show how the mean-free-path (mfp) is related to the
time between scattering events and briefly discuss how the scattering
time is related to underlying physical processes. |
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| Lecture 7: The Boltzmann Transport Equation | View Flash | View | Notes (pdf) | YouTube |
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| Semi-classical carrier transport is traditionally described by the
Boltzmann Transport Equation (BTE). In this lecture, we present the
BTE, show how it is solved, and relate it to the Landauer... |
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| Lecture 8: Measurements | View Flash | View | Notes (pdf) | YouTube |
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| A brief introduction to commonly-used techniques, such as van der Pauw and Hall effect measurements. |
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| Lecture 9: Introduction to Phonon Transport | View Flash | View | Notes (pdf) | YouTube |
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| This lecture is an introduction to phonon transport. Key similarities and differences between electron and phonon transport are discussed. |
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| Lecture 10: Case study-Near-equilibrium Transport in Graphene | View Flash | View | Notes (pdf) | YouTube |
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| Near-equilibrium transport in graphene as an example of how to apply the concepts in lectures 1-8. |
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