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Name: Diffusion
ID: m1010
Language: English (en)
Summary: The module discusses the process of electrons moving across a p-n or n-p junction known as diffusion.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: ambipolar, diffusion, diffusion coefficient, electrons, electron transport, Fick's First Law, holes, minority carriers, p-n junction
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)

Authors: Bill Wilson (wlw@madriver.net)
Copyright Holders: Bill Wilson (wlw@madriver.net)
Maintainers: Bill Wilson (wlw@madriver.net), Elizabeth Gregory (elizabeth.gregory@gmail.com), Jeffrey Silverman (JSilverman@astro.berkeley.edu), Gerard Wysocki (gerardw@rice.edu)

Version: 2.14 (history)
Created: Aug 8, 2000 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Aug 21, 2007 11:27 am GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.14 Aug 21, 2007 11:27 am GMT-5 by Gerard Wysocki
Changes:
corrected typo in formula (4) dS changed to dV

Version: 2.13 Aug 14, 2007 10:10 am GMT-5 by Raymond Wagner
Changes:
publish to add Gerard Wysocki as maintainer

Version: 2.12 Sep 15, 2005 10:01 am GMT-5 by Bill Wilson
Changes:
 Fixed eqns 11 and 12 so second derivative is with respect to x rather than t.

Version: 2.11 Aug 1, 2003 11:44 am GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes:
changed some math markup, fixed/added cnxns, fixed typos

Version: 2.10 Jul 14, 2003 2:16 pm GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes:
Made a few changes and switched out n' for n′

Version: 2.9 Jul 3, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes:
Resized images 

Version: 2.8 Jul 1, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes:
Upgrade to 0.5

Version: 2.7 May 30, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Audited:  Corrected figures not printing. Reformated page slightly and corrected general mistakes.

Version: 2.6 Nov 19, 2001 12:00 am US/Central by Brent Hendricks
Changes:
Updated to CNXML 0.3.5

Version: 2.5 Oct 31, 2001 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes:
corrected equations and typos in text

Version: 2.4 Aug 30, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
- Fixed question

Version: 2.3 Aug 30, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
I changed the subscripts so they will not break the printing stylesheet.
-erin

Version: 2.2 Aug 15, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Moved images up from images/ folder (Jenn).

Version: 2.1 Jul 5, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
fixing some minor doubts i had

Version: 2.0 Sep 8, 2000 12:00 am GMT-5 by Brent Hendricks
Changes:
Bumped version to 2.0

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