This updated and expanded third edition of this successful work includes a new, comprehensive introduction to the recursive Green's function technique applied to model solid state nanostructures. From the contents: * An Update of Solid State Physics * Surfaces, Interfaces, and Layered Devices * Experimental Techniques * Important Quantities in Mesoscopic Transport * Magnetotransport Properties of Quantum Films * Quantum Wires and Quantum Point Contacts * Theory of Ballistic Transport * Electronic Phase Coherence * Single Electron Tunneling * Quantum Dots * Mesoscopic Superlattices * Spintronics Focusing on the physical background as well as on technical details of the technology, this is a must-have textbook for beginners in the field.