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For undergraduate courses in nanoelectronics. This is the first actual nanoelectronics textbook for undergraduate engineering and applied sciences students. It provides an introduction to nanoelectronics, as well as a self-contained overview of the necessary physical concepts - taking a fairly gentle but serious approach to a field that will be extremely important in the near future. Salient Features Three-part organization: Part 1, Fundamentals of Nanoscopic Physics, describes the physical principles needed to understand nanoelectronic devices. Part 2, Singleand Few-Electron Phenomena, describes nanoelectronic devices that have single-electron precision. Part 3, Many Electron Phenomena, considers nanosolids, such as semiconductor quantum dots and nanoscopic wires.   Many experimental results from the literature support the physical concepts described in the text. This gives students the ability to see that the described concepts are real and have important applications to practical technologies. A considerable number of end-of-chapter problems enable students to practice problem-solving.