Theory of metal surfaces: work function

ND Lang, W Kohn - Physical Review B, 1971 - APS
… also of the order of 10%%u() of the mean work function. … we find the lowest work function
to be associated with the least … Noble metals: In view of the success with simple metals, we …

Recommended values of clean metal surface work functions

GN Derry, ME Kern, EH Worth - … of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
… A more recent review of the work function literature by Kawano 8 has made an extremely …
require a value for the work function of a particular surface sometimes resort to literature values …

Surface energy and work function of elemental metals

HL Skriver, NM Rosengaard - Physical Review B, 1992 - APS
metals. The main objective of the study is to provide a consistent set of work functions and
surface … as a database for the construction of models of a wider range of surface phenomena. …

Work function variation of metals coated by metallic films

EP Gyftopoulos, JD Levine - Journal of Applied Physics, 1962 - pubs.aip.org
… The work function of a metallic surface is defined as the minimum amount of energy … electron
from the surface of the metal at OOK. This is called the true work function in distinction from …

Tuning the surface metal work function by deposition of ultrathin oxide films: Density functional calculations

L Giordano, F Cinquini, G Pacchioni - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2006 - APS
metals.We show in the present contribution that one can “tune” the work function change
by appropriately choosing the metal… a measure of the surface work function) in the metal/oxide …

Work functions of self-assembled monolayers on metal surfaces by first-principles calculations

PC Rusu, G Brocks - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2006 - APS
… Using first-principles calculations we show that the work function of noble metals can be …
Au111, and Pt111 surfaces. The work function of the clean metal surfaces increases in this order…

Variation of the local work function at steps on metal surfaces studied with STM

JF Jia, K Inoue, Y Hasegawa, WS Yang, T Sakurai - Physical Review B, 1998 - APS
… of the clean Cu111 surface and large Au111 terraces of the Au/Cu111 surface, and the …
with the correspondent surface work function. From the ABH images of these surfaces low-value …

Work function changes upon water contamination of metal surfaces

JM Heras, L Viscido - Applications of Surface Science, 1980 - Elsevier
… Table 1 gives the values of the work function of the pure metal surfaces right after deposition
… I shows, in the case of Fe-fi~s,thedependence of the work function changes on the number …

Theory of the work function. II. The surface double layer

J Bardeen - Physical Review, 1936 - APS
… at the surface from an approximate … Our calculation also gives the work function of the model
from a somewhat … , anda comparison is made of the work functions of our model and that of …

Metal/Metal‐Oxide Interfaces: How Metal Contacts Affect the Work Function and Band Structure of MoO3

MT Greiner, L Chai, MG Helander… - Advanced Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… 3 ’s valence electronic structure and work function when the oxide … work function near metal
contacts. The observed behavior is attributed to two causes: 1) charge transfer from the metal