Theory of Quantum Transport in Metallic and Hybrid Nanostructures

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Coherence and Correlation Effects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Phase Measurements in Closed Aharonov-Bohm Interferometers

      • Amnon Aharony, Ora Entin-Wohlman, Yoseph Imry

      Pages 3-8

   3. Berry Phase with Environment: Classical versus Quantum

      • Robert S. Whitney, Yuriy Makhlin, Alexander Shnirman, Yuval Gefen

      Pages 9-23

3. Quantum Mesoscopic Phenomena

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Electron Transport in Granular Metals

      • I. S. Beloborodov, K. B. Efetov, A. V. Lopatin, V. M. Vinokur

      Pages 27-37

   3. Studies of Current-Driven Excitations in Co/Cu/Co Trilayer Nanopillars

      • S. Urazhdin, Norman O. Birge, W. P. Pratt Jr., J. Bass

      Pages 39-45

   4. Nanomechanical Effects in Suspended Carbon Nanotubes

      • Ya. M. Blanter

      Pages 47-56

   5. Transport through Ferromagnet/Superconductor Interfaces

      • Zhigang Jiang, José Aumentado, Wolfgang Belzig, Venkat Chandrasekhar

      Pages 57-66

   6. Anomalous Negative Magnetoresistance Caused by Non-Markovian Effects

      • Vadim V. Cheianov, A. P. Dmitriev, V. Yu. Kachorovskii

      Pages 67-75

   7. Persistent Currents in Interacting Aharonov-Bohm Interferometers

      • Ora Entin-Wohlman, Yoseph Imry, Amnon Aharony

      Pages 77-82

   8. Experimental Implementations of the Superconductor-Insulator Transition

      • V. F. Gantmakher

      Pages 83-89

   9. Thermal Fluctuations in One-Dimensional Disordered Quantum Systems

      • Andreas Glatz

      Pages 91-117

   10. Coulomb Drag between Quantum Wires: Effect of Small Momentum Transfer

       • L. I. Glazman, M. Pustilnik, E. G. Mishchenko, A. V. Andreev

       Pages 119-127

   11. Signatures of Spin-Charge Separation in Double-Quantum Wire Tunneling

       • Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, Bertrand I. Halperin, Ophir M. Auslaender, Amir Yacoby

       Pages 129-140

   12. Transport of Interacting Electrons through a Double Barrier

       • I. V. Gornyi, D. G. Polyakov

       Pages 141-146

   13. Ratchet Effects in Luttinger Liquids

       • D. E. Feldman, S. Scheidl, V. M. Vinokur

       Pages 147-155

4. Superconductivity in Nanostructures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. Ferromagnetic-Superconducting Hybrid Systems

      • J. Y. Gu, Ya. B. Bazaliy, S. D. Bader, C. Y. You

      Pages 159-171

   3. STM Spectroscopy of the Local Density of States in Normal Metal - Superconductor Systems

      • L. Crétinon, A. Gupta, N. Moussy, B. Pannetier, H. Courtois

      Pages 173-186

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• Argonne National Laboratory, USA

  Andreas Glatz, Valerii M. Vinokur

• Ioffe Institute, RAS, Russia

  Veniamin I. Kozub

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