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Ramani K Raman1, Ryan A Murdick, Richard J Worhatch
1Physics and Astronomy Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-2320, USA.
Physical Review Letters
|April 7, 2010
Abstract:
We report an ultrafast electron diffraction study of silver nanocrystals under surface plasmon resonance excitation, leading to a concerted fragmentation. By examining simultaneously transient structural, thermal, and Coulombic signatures of the prefragmented state, an electronically driven nonthermal fragmentation scenario is proposed.
