Thisbookhasgrownoutofoursomewhatdisorganizedattemptstoteachthephysicsandelectronicsofmesoscopievicesoverthepastdecade.Fortunately,thesehaveevolvedintoamoreconsistentapproach,andthebooktryiestobalanceexperimentsandtheoryinthecurrentunderstandingofmesoscopicphysics.Wheneverpossible,weattempttofirstintroducetheimportantexperimentalresultsinthisfieldfollowedbytherelevanttheoreticalapproaches.Thefocusofthebookisonelectronictransportinnanostructuresystems,andthereforebynecessitywehaveomittedmanyimportantaspectsofnanostructuressuchastheiropticalproperties,ordetailsofnanostructurefabrication.Duetolengthconsiderations,manygermaopicsrelatedtotransportitselfhavenotreceivedfullcoverage,orhavebeenreferredtobyreference.Also,duetoenormityoftheliteraturerelatedtothisfield,wehavenotincludedanexhavstivebibiographyofnanostructuretransport.Rather,wehavetriedtorefertheinterestedreadertoprehensivereviewarticlesandbookchapterswhenpossible.
