Noninertial mechanism for electronic energy relaxation in nanocrystals
Noninertial mechanism for electronic energy relaxation in nanocrystals
The low-frequency vibrational spectrum of an isolated nanometer-scale solid differs dramatically from that of a bulk crystal, causing the decay of a localized electronic state by phonon emission to be inhibited. We show, however, that an electron can also interact with the rigid translational motion of a nanocrystal. The form …