Theoretical analysis of hot electron dynamics in nanorods

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kumarasinghe, Chathurangi S ^a   Premaratne, Malin ^a   Bao, Qiaoliang ^a,b   Agrawal, Govind P ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 84937859360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12140     Document Type: Article

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