Electron dynamics in gold and gold-silver alloy nanoparticles: The influence of a nonequilibrium electron distribution and the size dependence of the electron-phonon relaxation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1255-1264

  Link, S ^a   Burda, C ^a   Wang, Z L ^b   El Sayed, M A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0000000796     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.479310     Document Type: Article

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