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Geometry dependence of the phonon modes in CdSe nanorods

Holger Lange1, Mikhail Artemyev, Ulrike Woggon

  • 1Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. holger.lange@physik.tu-berlin.de

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