Kinetic density functional theory for plasmonic nanostructures: Breaking of the plasmon peak in the quantum regime and generation of hot electrons

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6181-6194

  Govorov, Alexander O ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON GAS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; KINETICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

COLLISIONAL BROADENING; ENERGY RELAXATION PROCESS; HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONIC RESONANCES; QUANTUM-KINETIC THEORY; RELAXATION PARAMETER;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84925263665     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512105m     Document Type: Article

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