Plasmon-induced hot carrier science and technology

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-34

  Brongersma, Mark L ^a,b   Halas, Naomi J ^c   Nordlander, Peter ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY;

CHEMICAL PROCESS; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; HOT CARRIER GENERATION; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; PLASMON EXCITATIONS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

HOT ELECTRONS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; EPOXIDATION; EXCITATION; HOT CARRIER; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84923502619     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.311     Document Type: Review

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