Size effects in the ultrafast electronic dynamics of metallic tin nanoparticles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 15497-15500

  Stella, A ^a   Nisoli, M ^b   De Silvestri, S ^b   Svelto, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 0001539144     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.15497     Document Type: Article

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