Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

, Volume 40, Issue 4, pp 307–309 | Cite as

Surface dipole barrier in metals. Relation to the bulk electron density

  • J. A. Alonso
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Abstract

The surface dipole barrierD of transition and non transition metals is calculated from experimental policrystalline work functions and theoretical chemical potentials obtained by the Augmented Spherical Waves Method. An universal linear relation is discovered betweenD andn b non-d , the non-d part of the electron density at the boundary of bulk atomic cells. This suggests that the surface dipole barrier is mostly due to the non-d electrons.

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Spectroscopy Neural Network State Physics Complex System Nonlinear Dynamics 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • J. A. Alonso
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  1. 1.Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Laboratory for Research on the Structure of MatterUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaUSA

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