Theory of photoinjection of hot plasmonic carriers from metal nanostructures into semiconductors and surface molecules

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 16616-16631

  Govorov, Alexander O ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Gun'Ko, Yurii K ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; NONCONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM; PHOTOSYNTHETIC DEVICES; PLASMONIC NANOCRYSTALS; POLARIZATION VECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR CONTACTS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; HOT CARRIERS; MOLECULES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLASMONS; PLATELETS; POLARIZATION; PRISMS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84882352146     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405430m     Document Type: Article

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