Rg. Jordan et al., PHOTOEMISSION - A PROBE OF THE SURFACE AND BULK ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE IN METALLIC ALLOYS, Journal of phase equilibria, 18(6), 1997, pp. 663-669
Many of the properties of metallic alloys are determined by the underl
ying electronic structure, that is, the distribution of electrons in e
nergy, space, and momentum, within the material. In order to understan
d the properties of alloys, therefore, one seeks a realistic descripti
on of the electron states, Sophisticated calculational schemes exist f
or determining electronic structures, but it is important that results
are compared with suitably discriminating experimental probes, such a
s ultraviolet and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, This paper describ
es recent work on Cu-Au and Fe-Ni alloys to demonstrate some applicati
ons of photoemission as a probe of the surface and bulk electronic str
uctures in metallic alloys.