One-phonon relaxation of localized electronic states in anharmonic nanoparticles

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 12, Issue 34, 2000, Pages 7569-7582

  Markel, Vadim A ^a,b   Geller, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC GAP; ANHARMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PHONON EMISSION; PHONON RELAXATION;

ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ENERGY GAP; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; PHONONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RAMAN SCATTERING; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TEMPERATURE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0034726191     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/12/34/304     Document Type: Article

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