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In this chapter we use various theories and equations to describe the photothermal properties of different plasmonic structures when being excited by an incident electromagnetic wave. These equations are based on Maxwell equations and the heat transfer equations. Although the solution to these equations are very challenging or impossible to obtain for most structures, this chapter provides an efficient first approximation that is suitable for many recurrent systems with various applications.
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Santiago, E.Y., Khosravi Khorashad, L., O. Govorov, A. (2019). Theory of Photo-Thermal Effects for Plasmonic Nanocrystals and Assemblies. In: Photo-Thermal Spectroscopy with Plasmonic and Rare-Earth Doped (Nano)Materials. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3591-4_2
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