Discretization Scheme for the Density-Gradient Equation and Effect of Boundary Conditions

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 389-393

  Tang, Ting Wei ^a   Wang, Xinlin ^a   Li, Yiming ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

boundary conditions; boundary layer; charge distribution; density gradient theory; discretization scheme; inversion layer; quantum mechanical effect

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; INVERSION LAYERS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CHARGE DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DENSITY GRADIENT EQUATION; DENSITY GRADIENT THEORIES; DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; MULTI DIMENSIONS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL EFFECTS; SINGULAR PERTURBATIONS; UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 20344383924     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020764027686     Document Type: Article

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