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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299755403321

Autore

Pourfath Mahdi

Titolo

The non-equilibrium Green's function method for nanoscale device simulation / / Mahdi Pourfath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wien : , : Springer, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

3-7091-1800-X

9783709118009

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Computational Microelectronics

Disciplina

515.35

Soggetti

Green's functions

Nanoelectronics - Mathematical models

Many-body problem

Electronics

Microelectronics

Nanoscience

Nanostructures

Nanotechnology

Computer-aided engineering

Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation

Nanoscale Science and Technology

Nanotechnology and Microengineering

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Review of quantum mechanics -- Review of statistical mechanics -- Green's function formalism -- Implementation -- Applications -- Non-interacting Green's functions -- Feynman diagrams -- Variational derivation of self-energies.

Sommario/riassunto

For modeling the transport of carriers in nanoscale devices, a Green-function formalism is the most accurate approach. Due to the complexity of the formalism, one should have a deep understanding of



the underlying principles and use smart approximations and numerical methods for solving the kinetic equations at a reasonable computational time. In this book the required concepts from quantum and statistical mechanics and numerical methods for calculating Green functions are presented. The Green function is studied in detail for systems both under equilibrium and under nonequilibrium conditions. Because the formalism enables rigorous modeling of different scattering mechanisms in terms of self-energies, but an exact evaluation of self-energies for realistic systems is not possible, their approximation and inclusion in the quantum kinetic equations of the Green functions are elaborated. All the elements of the kinetic equations, which are the device Hamiltonian, contact self-energies, and scattering self-energies, are examined and efficient methods for their evaluation are explained. Finally, the application of these methods to study novel electronic devices such as nanotubes, graphene, Si-nanowires, and low-dimensional thermoelectric devices and photodetectors are discussed.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973440603321

Titolo

Climate change and rural child health / / Erica Bell, Bastian M. Seidel and Joav Merrick, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-61209-014-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Health and human development

Altri autori (Persone)

BellErica, Dr.

SeidelBastian M

MerrickJoav <1950->

Disciplina

616.9/88

Soggetti

Medical climatology

Climatic changes - Health aspects

Rural children - Health and hygiene

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Introduction : climate change and rural child health / Erica Bell, Bastian M. Seidel and Joav Merrick -- Climate change impacts will be pervasive / Michael C. MacCracken -- Climate and child health in rural areas of low and middle income countries / Angela Baschieri and Sari Kovats -- Protecting our health and environment / Cheryl C. Macpherson -- Impact of global climate change on childrens' health and well-being / Jeffrey Goldhagen -- Climate change and child health in Australia / Lyndall Strazdins, Sharon Friel, Anthony McMichael, et al. -- Warming up to the embodied context of First Nations child health research / Margot W. Parkes, Sarah de Leeuw, and Margot Greenwood --

Healthy children and a healthy planet : a role for education / Susan M. Cooke ... [et al.] -- Climate change and diarrhoeal disease : perspectives for development policies / Kirsten Halsnæs and Tullik H.Y. Føyn -- Flooding and infectious disease in rural children / Colleen Lau and Philip Weinstein -- Climate change effects on trematode and nematode diseases affecting children in rural areas of developing countries / Santiago Mas-Coma, M. Adela Valero, and M. Dolores Bargues -- Impacts of climate change on aeroallergens and allergic respiratory diseases in children in rural areas / Paul John Beggs -- Challenges and solutions in the provision of health to the rural Bedouin population in southern Israel / Jacob Urkin, Said Alsana, and Joav Merrick --

Meat, climate change, and global child health / John Powles -- Climate adversity : yet another stressor for rural adolescents / Helen J. Stain ... [et al.] -- The effect of climate change on children living on Pacific islands / Emma Britton and Philippa Howden-Chapman -- From typhoid to tsunamis : Samoan children in a changing world / Graeme Lindsay, Teuila Percival, and Alistair Woodward -- Social-ecological resilience and Inuit child health / Karen Morrison and David Waltner-Toews -- The global financial crisis, climate change, and rural child health / Erica Bell -- Australia, 'lucky country' or 'climate change canary' : her children's future / Elizabeth G. Hanna ... [et al.].

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past 60 years, the world has seen gradual and hard-won progress in reducing child mortality and improving the lives of opportunities of children. Some of this is attributable to medical science, much of it to simple but public health measures. This title examines the connection between climate action and the future of childrens' health.