Thermodynamic design of energy models of semiconductor devices

Nonlinearity

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 367-383

  Albinus, Günter ^a   Gajewski, Herbert ^a   Hünlich, Rolf ^a  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

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EID: 0042974062     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/15/2/307     Document Type: Article

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