Papers Published

1. Tan, T.Y., Mass transport equations unifying descriptions of isothermal diffusion, thermomigration, segregation, and position-dependent diffusivity, Appl. Phys. Lett. (USA), vol. 73 no. 18 (1998), pp. 2678 - 80 [1.122551] .
   (last updated on 2007/04/10)

   Abstract:
   Via the combined use of the jump frequency and chemical force formulation methods, a set of generalized mass transport equations has been derived. This set of equations unifies the descriptions of isothermal diffusion, thermomigration induced by a thermal gradient, and segregation and the position-dependent diffusivity arising from the crystal inhomogeneity. The equations reproduce Fick's laws for the isothermal homogeneous crystal case, and the diffusion-segregation equations for the isothermal inhomogeneous crystal case. Also, a new expression for the heat of transport of thermomigration is obtained

   Keywords:
   diffusion;segregation;thermal diffusion;