Condensed Matter Physics, 1996, No. 7, p. 5-14, English
<br><A HREF="https://doi.org/10.5488/CMP.7.5"> DOI:10.5488/CMP.7.5</A>

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<B> Title: </B>ANOMALOUS PROPERTIES OF SMALL METAL PARTICLES AND OF THEIR ENSEMBLES <BR>

<B> Authors: </B>R.D.Fedorovich, A.G.Naumovets, P.M.Tomchuk (Institute of Physics
Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, 46 Nauki Av., 252022 Kiev, Ukraine)

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We present a  review  of  experimental  and  theoretical  studies
of anomalous electronic properties observed to small
metal particles.  If  the  particle  size  is  smaller  than  the
electron mean free  path  in  a volume,  the  electron-lattice
energy exchange  is strongly suppressed. This peculiarity,  along
with the possibility to feed  high  power  densities  into  small
particles, allows pronounced nonequilibrium heating of  electrons
and can cause specific electron and light emission from dispersed
(island) metal films. The absorption of electromagnetic radiation
by small metal particles is highly critical regarding their shape
when the particle size is smaller than the wavelength and the radiation
frequency is much lower than the plasma frequency.
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<B>Comments:</B> Refs. 22, Figs. 4, Tabs. 0.<BR>


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