Correlating the excited state relaxation dynamics as measured by photoluminescence and transient absorption with the photocatalytic activity of Au@TiO2 core-shell nanostructures

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1488-1496

  Dillon, Robert J ^a   Joo, Ji Bong ^a   Zaera, Francisco ^a   Yin, Yadong ^a   Bardeen, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84872068715     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2cp43666c     Document Type: Article

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