Table of Contents: “...Electronic Structure of Atoms -- Introduction: the carbon atom -- Crystalline Properties of Solids -- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics -- Electrons and Energy Band Structures in Crystals -- Phonons and thermal properties -- Equilibrium Charge Carrier...”

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Table of Contents: “... in semiconductor nanocrystals -- Anti-Stokes photoluminescence in semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots -- Exciton dynamics and energy transfer processes in semiconductor nanocrystals -- Fluorescence spectroscopy of single CdSe nanocrystals -- Applications of quantum...”

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Table of Contents: “... -- Application of Imaging-Type Photoelectron Spectromicroscopy to Solid-State Physics -- Scanning Near-Field Optical Spectroscopy of Quantum-Confined Semiconductor Nanostructures -- Novel Tuning Fork Sensor for Low-Temperature Near-Field Spectroscopy -- Manipulating...”

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