SCIENCE - Lab clocks 'hot' electrons: Plasmon-generated electrons timed moving from nanorods to graphene

Scientists time "hot" electrons as they transfer from excited plasmons in gold nanorods to graphene. Plasmonic nanoparticles are becoming known for their ability to turn light into heat, but how to use them to generate electricity is not nearly as well understood. Scientists are working on that, too. They suggest that the extraction of electrons generated by surface plasmons in metal nanoparticles may be optimized ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140130164450.ht