Optical probes of the chemical structure in metallic nanoalloys

Nanoalloys

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 203-245

  Cottancin, E ^a   Pellarin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394401-6.00007-2     Document Type: Chapter

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