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Electronic Relaxation in Metallic Nanoparticles

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Physics of Low Dimensional Systems

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We present a new method to measure electronic relaxation in gas-suspended nanoparticles with femtosecond accuracy. We do not observe a big enhancement in the relaxation time in metal nanoparticles down to 10 nm diameter.

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  1. Laboratory for Solid State Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland

    Martin Fierz

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  1. Instituto Potosino de Investigación Cientifica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., Mexico

    J. L. Morán-López

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Fierz, M. (2001). Electronic Relaxation in Metallic Nanoparticles. In: Morán-López, J.L. (eds) Physics of Low Dimensional Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47111-6_6

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