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Nature of Electron Equilibrium in Heterogeneous Solids and the Proposed Electron Energy Distribution in Degenerate p-n Junctions

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MELEHY, M. Nature of Electron Equilibrium in Heterogeneous Solids and the Proposed Electron Energy Distribution in Degenerate p-n Junctions. Nature 205, 456–464 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205456a0

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