Non-equilibrium thermodynamic description of junctions in semiconductor devices

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 234, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 851-871

  Gomila, G ^a   Rubi J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR METAL BOUNDARIES; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0030736434     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(96)00320-2     Document Type: Article

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