PHYSICS OF ZERO- AND ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSCOPIC SYSTEMS

By JOSHUA LEWIS

CONTENTS FROM DILUTE MAGNETIC ALLOYS TO CON?NED NANOSTRUCTURES: EVOLUTION OF THE KONDO E?ECT THE TWO CHANNEL KONDO E?ECT IN QUANTUM DOTS KONDO PHYSICS IN ARTI?CIAL MOLECULES LOW TEMPERATURE DECOHERENCE AND RELAXATION IN CHARGE JOSEPHSON JUNCTION QUBITS LOW-ENERGY PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF EDGE STATES IN NANOGRAPHITE SYSTEMS THERMOELECTRIC PHENOMENA FROM MACRO-SYSTEMS TO NANO-SYSTEMS COHERENCE AND INTERACTIONS IN DI?USIVE SYSTEMS TRANSPORT AND PERSISTENT CURRENTS IN MESOSCOPIC RINGS: INTERPLAY BETWEEN ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTION AND DISORDER ELECTRON TRANSPORT THROUGH MESOSCOPIC CLOSED LOOPS AND MOLECULAR BRIDGES 2D DISORDERED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IN THE PRESENCE OF STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD