Turton, Richard <br/><br/>
The quantum dot ; a journey into the future of microelectronics / 
Richard Turton. 
 - Oxford :  Freeman,  1995. 
 - x, 211 p. ;  24 cm. +  pbk. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 203-205. - Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Nature's construction set:assembling the building blocks of matter -- To conduct or not to conduct and where semiconductors fit in -- P-n junctions:how they work and what they can do with them -- A logical decision:using the transistor as an electronic switch -- The amazing shrinking transistor:the benefits of integrated circuits -- Upwardly mobile or how to make electrons travel faster -- When is a particle not a particle:the importance of electron waves -- The joy of tunneling:from superatoms to superlattices -- Negative resistance and the quantum transistor -- Superconductors and single electron tunnelling -- Making light work:computing with phonons. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0716745178 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Microelectronics--Technological innovations.<br/>Semiconductors.<br/>Quantum theory<br/>Quantum dots.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>537.6226