On the Heat Equation for n-Type Semiconductors

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  • Maria Mazzeo
  • Liliana Restuccia

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https://doi.org/10.1685/

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Non-equilibrium thermodynamics##common.commaListSeparator## extrinsic semiconductor crystals##common.commaListSeparator## dislocation defects##common.commaListSeparator## internal variables.

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In a previous paper, in a geometrized framework for the description of simple ma- terials with internal variables, the specific example of defective semiconductor crystals defective by dislocations was considered and a dislocation core tensor `a la Maruszewski and its flux were introduced as internal variables in the state space. Moreover, the entropy function and the entropy 1-form, starting point to introduce a thermodynamical phase space, were derived. In this contribution Clausius-Duhem inequality for these media is exploited, and, using a Maugin technique, the laws of state, the extra entropy flux and the residual dissipation inequality are worked out. Also, following Maugin, the heat equation in a first and a second form is derived. [DOI: 10.1685/CSC09308] About DOI

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2009-08-12

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##issue.vol## 3 (2009)

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