Quantum transport calculations for nanosystems / Kenji Hirose and Nobuhiko Kobayashi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: Prologue;
2: Basic Formulas for Electron Transport;
3: Green's Function Techniques for Electron Transport;
4: Numerical Methods Based on Density Functional Theory;
5: Atomistic Nanosystems;
6: Artificial Nanosystems;
7: Epilogue;
References;
Index.

As the electric devices become smaller and smaller at nanometer size, transport simulations based on the quantum mechanics become more and more important. This book provides various quantum transport simulation methods and shows applications for transport properties of nanometer-scale systems.