The work function of the crystal faces of metals

2012 IEEE 13th International Vacuum Electronics Conference, IVEC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 245-246

  Brodie, Ivor ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D electron gas; crystal face; uncertainty principle; work function

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL FACE; ELEMENTAL METALS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRON GAS; TUNGSTEN; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

WORK FUNCTION;

EID: 84866666949     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IVEC.2012.6262150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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