On maxwellian equilibria of insulated semiconductors

Interfaces and Free Boundaries

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-339

  Caffarelli, Luis ^a   Dolbeault, Jean ^b   Markowich, Peter A ^c   Schmeiser, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Charge neutrality; Equilibrium; Free boundary problems; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544459482     PISSN: 14639963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/IFB/23     Document Type: Article

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