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In solid-state physics, the work function (sometimes spelled workfunction) is the minimum thermodynamic work (i.e., energy) needed to remove an electron from a solid to a point in the vacuum immediately outside the solid surface. Here "immediately" means that the final electron position is far from the surface on the atomic scale, but still too close to the solid to be influenced by ambient electric fields in the vacuum. The work function is not a characteristic of a bulk material, but rather a property of the surface of the material (depending on crystal face and contamination).

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Work function

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In solid-state physics, the work function (sometimes spelled workfunction) is the minimum thermodynamic work (i.e., energy) needed to remove an electron...

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Proof of work

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desirable depends on the usage scenario. Here is a list of known proof-of-work functions: Integer square root modulo a large prime[dubious – discuss] Weaken...

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Triboelectric effect

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which is called the work function. A rationalization of the triboelectric series is that different members have different work functions, so electrons can...

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Kelvin probe force microscope

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atomic force microscopy (AFM). By raster scanning in the x,y plane the work function of the sample can be locally mapped for correlation with sample features...

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MOSFET

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modified by the work function difference between the gate material and channel material. Because polysilicon is a semiconductor, its work function can be modulated...

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Photoelectric effect

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called the work function of the surface and is sometimes denoted Φ {\displaystyle \Phi } or φ {\displaystyle \varphi } . If the work function is written...

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Electron affinity

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is closely related to, but distinct from, its work function. The work function is the thermodynamic work that can be obtained by reversibly and isothermally...

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Thermionic emission

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because the thermal energy given to the charge carrier overcomes the work function of the material. The charge carriers can be electrons or ions, and in...

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Polyethylenimine

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effective low-work function modifiers for organic electronics by Zhou and Kippelen et al. It could universally reduce the work function of metals, metal...

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Schottky barrier

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work function is smaller than the work function of the metal, and when the semiconductor is p-type and the opposite relation between work functions holds...

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Field electron emission

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typically higher than 1 gigavolt per metre and strongly dependent upon the work function. While electron sources based on field emission have a number of applications...

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Scanning tunneling microscope

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order of the material's surface work function W, which for most metals has a value between 4 and 6 eV. The work function is the minimum energy needed to...

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Structural functionalism

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presents these parts of society as human body "organs" that work toward the proper functioning of the "body" as a whole. In the most basic terms, it simply...

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Bessel function

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any amplitude. The amplitudes chosen for the functions originate from the early work in which the functions appeared as solutions to definite integrals...

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Potential energy

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means that there is a function U(x), called a "potential", that can be evaluated at the two points xA and xB to obtain the work over any trajectory between...

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Gamma function

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the gamma function (represented by Γ, the capital letter gamma from the Greek alphabet) is one commonly used extension of the factorial function to complex...

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Ohmic contact

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practice, metals with high work functions form the best contacts to p-type semiconductors, while those with low work functions form the best contacts to...

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Band bending

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an n-type semiconductor before (top) and after contact (bottom). The work function is defined as the energy difference between the Fermi level of the material...

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Weierstrass function

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These types of functions were denounced by contemporaries: Henri Poincaré famously described them as "monsters" and called Weierstrass' work "an outrage...

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Fermi level

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The source of this vacuum potential variation is the variation in work function between the different conducting materials exposed to vacuum. Just outside...

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Hash function

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A hash function is any function that can be used to map data of arbitrary size to fixed-size values, though there are some hash functions that support...

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Anonymous function

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programming, an anonymous function (function literal, lambda abstraction, lambda function, lambda expression or block) is a function definition that is not...

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Cathode

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inside the metal and require energy to leave it; this is called the work function of the metal. Cathodes are induced to emit electrons by several mechanisms:...

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Thermal ionization

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applications. The likelihood of ionization is a function of the filament temperature, the work function of the filament substrate and the ionization energy...

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Gaussian function

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In mathematics, a Gaussian function, often simply referred to as a Gaussian, is a function of the base form f ( x ) = exp ⁡ ( − x 2 ) {\displaystyle f(x)=\exp(-x^{2})}...

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