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Author Title Year Journal/Proceedings Ref type DOI/URL
Nicholas D. Orf, Iain D. Baikie, Ofer Shapira, and Yoel Fink Work function engineering in low-temperature metals 2009 APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS article URL
Bin, X. M., Mischki, T. K., Fan, C. Y., Lopinski, G. P. & Wayner, D. D. M. Electrochemical characterization of Si(111) modified with linear and branched alkyl chains 2007 JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C article DOI
Li, Y. & Li, D. Prediction of elastic-contact friction of transition metals under light loads based on their electron work functions 2007 JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS   article URL
Tsai, C., Lin, Y., Wu, P., Chen, S., Liu, D., Hong, J., Liu, C., Shih, Y., Cheng, J. & Chang, H. Induced increase in surface work function and surface energy of indium tin oxide-doped ZnO films by (NH4)(2)S-x treatment 2007 JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS   article DOI
Whyte, E. & Sykes, J. Behaviour of a zinc-iron bimetallic couple coated with poly-vinyl butyral lacquer during intermittent exposure to salt solution 2007 CORROSION SCIENCE   article DOI
Zhang, Y., Shi, Y., Chen, F., Mhaisalkar, S., Li, L., Ong, B. & Wu, Y. Poly(3,3 '''-didodecylquarterthiophene) field effect transistors with single-walled carbon nanotube based source and drain electrodes 2007 APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS   article DOI
Zhao, Q., Wang, D., Peng, L., Lin, Y., Yang, M. & Xie, T. Surface photovoltage study of photogenerated charges in ZnO nanorods array grown on ITO 2007 CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS   article DOI
Beerbom, M., Lagel, B., Cascio, A., Doran, B. & Schlaf, R. Direct comparison of photoemission spectroscopy and in situ Kelvin probe work function measurements on indium tin oxide films 2006 JOURNAL OF ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED PHENOMENA   article DOI
Li, W., Cai, M., Wang, Y. & Yu, S. Influences of tensile strain and strain rate on the electron work function of metals and alloys 2006 SCRIPTA MATERIALIA   article DOI
Lu, X., Zhao, Q., Liu, X., Wang, D., Zhang, W., Wang, C. & Wei, Y. Preparation and characterization of polypyrrole/TiO2 coaxial nanocables 2006 MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS   article DOI
Tao, S. & Li, D. Tribological, mechanical and electrochemical properties of nanocrystalline copper deposits produced by pulse electrodeposition 2006 NANOTECHNOLOGY   article URL
Woo, G. H. Detection of Metal Fatigue and Defects by Electron Work Function Topography and Gradient 2006   misc URL
Zhang, Q., Wang, D., Wei, X., Zhao, Q., Lin, Y. & Yang, M. The electronic and optoelectronic properties study of N,N-dimethylperylene-3,4,9, 10-dicarboximide/ITO film using surface photovoltage technique 2006 MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS article DOI