Quantum size effects on the work function of metallic thin film nanostructures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 12761-12765

  Kim, Jungdae ^a   Qin, Shengyong ^a   Yao, Wang ^b   Niu, Qian ^a   Chou, M Y ^c   Shih, Chih Kang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pb; Quantum well states; STM

Indexed keywords

LEAD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77955638292     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0915171107     Document Type: Article

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