This review discusses picosecond ultrasonics experiments using ultrashort hard x-ray probe
pulses to extract the transient strain response of laser-excited nanoscopic structures from …

Metal nanoparticles form potent nanoreactors, driven by the optical generation of energetic
electrons and nanoscale heat. The relative influence of these two factors on nanoscale …

A surface modification of ultraflat gold nanotriangles (AuNTs) with different shaped
nanoparticles is of special relevance for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and …

Dynamics of optically excited plasmonic nanoparticles are presently understood as a series
of scattering events involving the initiation of nanoparticle breathing oscillations. According …

Anisotropic plasmonic particles such as gold nanotriangles have extraordinary structural,
optical, and physicochemical properties. For many applications in different fields, it is …

Invar-behavior occurring in many magnetic materials has long been of interest to materials
science. Here, we show not only invar behavior of a continuous film of FePt but also even …

When the spatial dimensions of metallic heterostructures shrink below the mean free path of
its conduction electrons, the transport of electrons and hence the transport of thermal energy …

Ultrafast heat transport in nanoscale metal multilayers is of great interest in the context of
optically induced demagnetization, remagnetization and switching. If the penetration depth …

We show the formation of metallic spikes on the surface of gold nanotriangles (AuNTs) by
using the same reduction process which has been used for the synthesis of gold nanostars …

The cooling dynamics of individual gold nanodisks synthesized using colloidal chemistry
and deposited on solid substrates with different compositions and thicknesses were …