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Provides the theoretical background needed by physicists, engineers and students to simulate nano-devices, semiconductor quantum dots and molecular devices. It presents in a unified way the theoretical concepts, the more recent semi-empirical and ab initio methods, and their application to experiments. The topics include quantum confinement, dielectric and optical properties, non-radiative processes, defects and impurities, and quantum transport. This guidebook not only provides newcomers with an accessible overview (requiring only basic knowledge of quantum mechanics and solid-state physics) but also provides active researchers with practical simulation tools.

Nanostructures: Theory and Modeling

1 General Basis for Computations and Theoretical Models.- 2 Quantum Confined Systems.- 3 Dielectric Properties.- 4 Quasi-particles and Excitons.- 5 Optical Properties and Radiative Processes.- 6 Defects and Impurities.- 7 Non-radiative and Relaxation Processes.- 8 Transport.- A Matrix Elements of the Renormalizing Potential.- B Macroscopic Averages in Maxwell's Equations.- C Polarization Correction.- References.