Variation in electron work function with temperature and its effect on the Young’s modulus of metals

@article{Rahemi2015VariationIE,
  title={Variation in electron work function with temperature and its effect on the Young’s modulus of metals},
  author={Reza Rahemi and Dongyang Li},
  journal={Scripta Materialia},
  year={2015},
  volume={99},
  pages={41-44}
}
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