Hydrodynamical model of charge transport in GaAs based on the maximum entropy principle

Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 405-423

  Mascali, Giovanni ^a   Romano, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0036026585     PISSN: 09351175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001610200082     Document Type: Article

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