New Value for Work Function of Sodium and the Observation of Surface- Plasmon Effects
- 15 February 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 26 (7), 380-383
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.26.380
Abstract
Clean vacuum-deposited films of sodium were found to exhibit a work function of approximately 2.75 eV. Modification of the surface-plasmon frequency due to sulfur surface contamination was observed. The new value of the work function was shown to be due to a lack of surface contamination.Keywords
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