Recent developments in semiconductor physics have led to a new field of study, namely the study of nanostructures. Nanostructures are the future for electronic devices. In this project the conductance of electrons through nanostructures will be considered. The structures examined in this project are similar in design. The goal will be to examine the conductance through these structures.The methodology in use for finding the conductance of a nanostructure is the recursive Green's function method. This includes finding the transverse eigenvalues and eigenfunctions and computing hopping integrals to determine the Green's propagators. The conductance is obtained following these steps. For the numerical calculations a structured FORTRAN computer program was developed.As stated earlier, the future electronic devices will utilize the developments of conductance through components having dimensions on the nanometer scale. These dimensions, theoretically, will allow faster operation and smaller units. The theoretical development of this project will propagate the knowledge and understanding of conductance in this regime. / Department of Physics and Astronomy
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/185273 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Creators | Joyner, Phillip K. |
| Contributors | Ball State University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy., Khatun, Mahfuza |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | x, 102 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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