Temperature-dependent work functions of free alkali-metal nanoparticles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1254011-1254015

  Wong, Kin ^b   Tikhonov, George ^c   Kresin, Vitaly V ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; LITHIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0013284366     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.125401     Document Type: Article

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