FRANKFURT. It is now exactly one hundred years ago that Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect. The jury had not yet really understood his ...

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June 9, 2022, marks 117 years since Einstein published his groundbreaking paper on the photoelectric principle. The analysis was published on June 9, 1905, also known as Einstein’s “miracle year” ...

The photoelectric effect refers to what happens when electrons are emitted from a material that has absorbed electromagnetic radiation. Physicist Albert Einstein was the first to describe the effect ...

In a flash: artist's impression of the photoelectric effect. (Courtesy: Technical University of Vienna) Just 45 quintillionth of a second (45 attoseconds) is all it takes for a photon to liberate an ...

When light hits a material, electrons can be released from this material -- the photoelectric effect. Although this effect played a major role in the development of the quantum theory, it still holds ...