Multigroup equations for the description of the particle transport in semiconductors

Multigroup Equations For The Description Of The Particle Transport In Semiconductors

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-234

  Galler, Martin ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 85115672372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/5843     Document Type: Book

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