Tunable hot-electron transfer within a single core-shell nanowire

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Guannan ^a   Gallo, Eric M ^a   Leaffer, Oren D ^a   McGuckin, Terrence ^a   Prete, Paola ^b   Lovergine, Nico ^c   Spanier, Jonathan E ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL INTERFACES; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; DIFFERENT MODES; ELECTRON PHONON SCATTERING; ELECTRON-ELECTRON SCATTERING; GEOMETRIC CONFINEMENT; INCIDENT PHOTON ENERGY; NANO-METER-SCALE; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; PHASE DELAY; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; PHOTON FLUX; PHOTON INTENSITIES; TRANSFER RATES; TUNABILITIES;

ELECTRON SCATTERING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOWIRES; PHONONS; PHOTONS;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 80053524291     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.156802     Document Type: Article

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