The field of nanocatalysis (in which nanoparticles are used to catalyze reactions) has
undergone an exponential growth during the past decade. Two types of studies have been …

This review reports on experimental and theoretical results on the inelastic decay of optically
excited volume electrons in different types of metals, including simple metals (Al), noble …

The lack of a detailed mechanistic understanding for plasmon-mediated charge transfer at
metal-semiconductor interfaces severely limits the design of efficient photovoltaic and …

The field of nanoparticle research has drawn much attention in the past decade as a result of
the search for new materials. Size confinement results in new electronic and optical …

The femtosecond optical response of noble metal nanoparticles and its connection to the
ultrafast electron dynamics are discussed in light of the results of high-sensitivity …

A broad visible and infrared photoluminescence continuum is detected from surface-
plasmon-enhanced transitions in gold nanostructures. We find that the ratio of generated …

Electron-electron and electron-lattice interactions in noble metals are discussed in the light
of two-color femtosecond pump-probe measurements in silver films. The internal …

Hot carrier-induced spin dynamics is analyzed in epitaxial Au/Fe/MgO (001) by a time
domain approach. We excite a spin current pulse in Fe by 35 fs laser pulses. The transient …

Dissipation of chemical energy released in exothermic reactions at metal surfaces may
happen adiabatically by creation of phonons or non-adiabatically by excitation of the …

We studied the dynamics of electrons in copper and silver nanoparticles embedded in a
transparent matrix, using the technique of pump–probe femtosecond spectroscopy …