{"id":688,"date":"2018-03-02T15:07:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T07:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/?post_type=nus-news&#038;p=688"},"modified":"2023-01-10T16:22:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T08:22:57","slug":"optical-manipulation-of-work-function-contrasts-on-metal-thin-films","status":"publish","type":"nus-news","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/news\/optical-manipulation-of-work-function-contrasts-on-metal-thin-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Optical manipulation of work function contrasts on metal thin films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\/Prof Tan Swee Ching and his team have successfully developed a new method of optically manipulating metal work function. Work function of a material is typically known to be independent of light intensity based on our present understanding. However, the team has discovered a special case where there is a \u2018light-intensity dependent\u2019 change in work function in metal thin films. This work has been published in <a href=\"http:\/\/advances.sciencemag.org\/content\/4\/3\/eaao6050\">Science Advances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-691\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-691\" src=\" \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tansc3.jpg\" alt=\"Optical manipulation of work function contrasts on metal thin films\" width=\"600\" height=\"484\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Optical manipulation of work function contrasts on metal thin films<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\/Prof Tan Swee Ching and his team have successfully developed a new method of optically manipulating metal work function. Work function of a material is typically known to be independent of light intensity based on our present understanding. 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