Books in the Mesoscopic Physics and Nanotechnology series

'Mesoscopic physics' refers to the physics of structures larger than a nanometer, but smaller than a micrometer. Presenting an introduction to this area in physics, this book is suitable as a main text in a course on mesoscopic physics or as a supplementary text in electronic devices, semiconductor devices, and condensed matter physics courses.

This book describes quantum chaos and quantum transport in microscopic billiards. Microscopic billiards are typical dynamical systems in which it is easy to see chaos classically and also to investigate effects of chaos on quantum phenomena. Owing to recent progress in microstructure fabrication technology, quantum chaos can now be studied experimentally rather than only as a sophisticated theory.

Presents the statistical theory of complex wave scattering and quantum transport in classically chaotic and disordered systems. The pedagogical presentation of quantum scattering theory, linear response theory, and information theory make the related chapters suitable for graduate courses on the subject.

This book can be used as the main text in a course on mesoscopic physics or as a supplementary text in electronic devices, semiconductor devices, and condensed matter (or "solid state") physics courses.

Focuses on molecular nanomagnetism, a research area which is of interest to chemists and physicists who want to discover the beauty of the molecular world and its potentialities to give various classes of magnetic materials.