Work function changes induced by charged adsorbates: Origin of the polarity asymmetry

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Bagus, Paul S ^a   Käfer, Daniel ^b   Witte, Gregor ^b   Wöll, Christof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POLARIZATION; SURFACE REACTIONS; WORK FUNCTION;

ELECTRONEGATIVE SPECIES; POLARITY ASYMMETRY;

ADSORBATES;

EID: 41549101081     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.126101     Document Type: Article

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