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The photoelectric effect: Light interacting with matter
Explanation of the photoelectric effect.
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photoelectric effect: Einstein's Nobel Prize-winning discovery
Brian Greene discusses the key formula in the photoelectric effect, an insight that...
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When sunlight strikes a solar cell, an electron is freed by the photoelectric effect....
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