REVIEW pubs.acs.org/CR
Optical Studies of Dynamics in Noble Metal Nanostructures Gregory V. Hartland* Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-5670, United States
CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Background 2.1. Dielectric Constants of Noble Metals 2.2. Optical Properties of Small Particles: Mie and Gans Theory 2.3. Two-Temperature Model for Electron Cooling 2.4. Heat Diffusion and Interface Conductance 3. Dephasing of the Plasmon Resonance in Metal Nanoparticles 3.1. Ensemble Measurements of Electron-Surface Scattering and Radiation Damping 3.2. Rayleigh Scattering Spectroscopy of Single Particles 3.2.1. Radiation Damping in Noble Metal Nanoparticles 3.2.2. Electron-Surface Scattering 3.2.3. Bimetallic Nanoparticles 3.3. Absorption Spectroscopy of Single Metal Nanoparticles 3.4. Propagating Surface Plasmon Polariton Modes in Metal Nanowires 4. Electron Thermalization 4.1. Size and Shape Dependence of ElectronElectron and Electron-Phonon Coupling 4.2. Electron-Phonon Coupling in Multicomponent Particles 4.3. Coupled Metal Nanoparticles 4.4. Very Small (
