Terminated in academic year 2015/2016

Electron Structure of Nanosystems

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	516-0073/02
Abbreviation	ESN
Course title	Electron Structure of Nanosystems
Credits	6
Coordinating department	Institute of Physics
Course coordinator	prof. Dr. RNDr. Jiří Luňáček

Subject syllabus

Content:
- Free electrons and energetic bands
- Metallic and semiconductor crystals
- Basic methods for calculation of the band structure
- Approximation for PC modellation of the many particles systems
- Heterostructures
- Quantum holes and low-dimensional systems
- Electron transport in heterostructures
- Influence of the electric and magnetic field on electron systems

Literature

KITTEL, Ch.: Introduction to Solid State Physics, John Wiley and Sons, 2005,
HARRISON, W. A.: Electronic Structure and the Properties of Solids, Dover
Pub., N.Y., 1989. ISBN 0-486-66021-4;
DAVIES, J. H.: The Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors: an Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-521-48491-X;
KELLY, M. J.: Low-dimensional semiconductors: materials, physics, technology,
devices. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1995. .

Advised literature

OHNO, K., ESFARJANI, K., KAWAZOE, Y.: Computational Material Science. Spinger-
Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1999. ISBN 3-540-63961-6;
REED-HILL, R.E.: Physical Metallurgy Principles. D. Van Nostrand, Princeton, New Jersey, 1964.

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