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The following table lists chapters in the course textbook that cover each session's lecture materials. These readings are supplemented by assigned papers in the weekly homework.

A list of recommended books to supplement the assigned readings is given after the table.   

Amazon logo Course Textbook: Chen, Gang. Nanoscale Energy Transport and Conversion: A Parallel Treatment of Electrons, Molecules, Phonons, and Photons. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780195159424.

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1Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Transport Phenomena; Microscopic Pictures of Heat CarriersChapter 1
2Characteristic Time and Length, Simple Kinetic Theory, CharacteristicChapter 1
3Schrödinger EquationChapter 2
4Quantum Wells, Harmonic Oscillators, Rigid Rotors, and Hydrogen AtomsChapter 2
5Rigid Rotors, Hydrogen Atom, Electronic Levels in One-dimensional Lattice ChainChapter 3
6Electronic Energy Levels in CrystalsChapter 3
7Phonon Energy Levels in Crystals, Crystal StructuresChapter 3
8Reciprocal Lattice, X-rayChapter 3
9Energy Spectrum in Nanostructures, Density of States, Statistical DistributionsChapters 3 and 4
10Specific Heat of Molecules, Electrons, Phonons; Blackbody RadiationChapter 4
11Effects of Nanostructures on Energy Storage, Energy Transfer by Waves, Electron WavesChapter 5
12Electromagnetic Waves, Reflection of Waves at a Single InterfaceChapter 5
13Acoustic Waves, Interference and TunnelingChapter 5
14Laudauer FormalismChapter 5
15Midterm 1
16Transport in Carbon Nanotubes (Guest Lecture by Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT.)
17Transition to Particle Description, Louiville EquationChapters 5 and 6
18Boltzmann Equation, Relaxation Time ApproximationChapter 6
19Fourier Law and Newton's Shear Stress LawChapter 6
20Ohm's Law and Thermoelectric EffectChapter 6
21Nanostructured Thermoelectrics (Guest Lecture by Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT.)
22Take Home Exam 2
23Thermoelectric EffectChapter 6
24Classical Size Effects, Parallel DirectionChapter 7
25Classical Size Effects, Perpendicular DirectionChapter 7
26Liquid, Brownian Motion, Forces and Potentials, Electrokinetics, Surface TensionChapter 9

Recommended Books

Microscale Heat Transfer

Amazon logo Tien, C. L., A. Majumdar, and F. Gerner, eds. Microscale Energy Transport. Washington, D.C.: Taylor and Francis, 1997. ISBN: 9781560324591.

Quantum Mechanics

Amazon logo Griffiths, D. J. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1994. ISBN: 9780131244054.

Solid-State Physics

Amazon logo Kittel, C. Introduction to Solid State Physics. 7th ed. New York: Wiley, 1996. ISBN: 9780471111818.

Electromagnetism

Amazon logo Born, M., and E. Wolf. Principle of Optics. 7th ed. Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 9780521642224.

Electronics

Amazon logo Sze, S. M. Physics of Semiconductor Devices. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1981. ISBN: 9780471056614.

Thermal Physics

Amazon logo Kittel C., and H. Kroemer. Thermal Physics. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Freeman and Company, 1980. ISBN 9780716710882.

Kinetic Theory

Amazon logo Vincenti, W. G., and C. H. Kruger, Jr. Introduction to Physical Gas Dynamics. Melbourne, FL: Krieger, 1975. ISBN: 9780882753096.


 








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