Fabrication and characterization of AlGaAs/GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors for power applications by Tan, Chee Leong

“…Hot carrier stress tests indicate that dc degradation under high gate-drain field is due to trapping of hot electrons in states within the BCB and/or at the interface between the semiconductor and the BCB in the gate-drain access region. …”
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Slow cooling and highly efficient extraction of hot carriers in colloidal perovskite nanocrystals by Li, Mingjie, Bhaumik, Saikat, Goh, Teck Wee, Kumar, Muduli Subas, Yantara, Natalia, Grätzel, Michael, Mhaisalkar, Subodh, Mathews, Nripan, Sum, Tze Chien

“…Importantly, we demonstrate efficient room temperature hot-electrons extraction (up to ∼83%) by an energy-selective electron acceptor layer within 1 ps from surface-treated perovskite NCs thin films. …”
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Improving SERS Sensing Efficiency and Catalytic Reduction Activity in Multifunctional Ternary Ag-TiO2-GO Nanostructures: Roles of Electron Transfer Process on Performance Enhanceme... by Mai Quan Doan, Nguyen Ha Anh, Hoang Van Tuan, Nguyen Cong Tu, Nguyen Huu Lam, Nguyen Tien Khi, Vu Ngoc Phan, Pham Duc Thang, Anh-Tuan Le

“…The metal/semiconductor heterojunction between Ag and TiO2, as well as Ti-O-C bonds, has allowed plasmonic hot electrons to be transferred in the internal structure of the material. …”
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Efficient Reduction Photocatalyst of 4-Nitrophenol Based on Ag-Nanoparticles-Doped Porous ZnO Heterostructure by Shali Lin, Xiaohu Mi, Lei Xi, Jinping Li, Lei Yan, Zhengkun Fu, Hairong Zheng

“…Under visible light irradiation, the heterostructure showed excellent catalytic activity over 4-nitrophenol due to the hot electrons induced by the localized surface plasmon resonance of Ag nanoparticles. …”
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High-flux high-energy ion beam production from stable collisionless shock acceleration by intense petawatt-picosecond laser pulses by H He, B Qiao, X F Shen, W P Yao, Y Xie, C T Zhou, X T He, S P Zhu, W B Pei, S Z Fu

“…The application of the tube, on the one hand, restrains the plasma from transverse thermal expansion, helping to sustain sufficient density steepening required for shock formation and maintenance; on the other hand, due to the induced sheath field along its wall, pinches hot electrons for recirculation near laser axis, aiding to reach efficient plasma heating that is crucial to have a strong shock velocity for ion reflection. …”
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Investigation of Free-Standing Plasmonic Mesoporous Ag/CMK-8-Nafion Composite Membrane for the Removal of Organic Pollutants with 254-nm UV Irradiation by Chuan Ming Tseng, Hsin Liang Chen, Sz Nian Lai, Ming Shiung Chen, Chien Jung Peng, Chia Jui Li, Wei Hsuan Hung

“…Furthermore, an additional layer of plasmonic silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) was integrated into this CMK-8-Nafion membrane for higher pollutant removal efficiency, attributing from the generation of plasmon-resonance hot electrons from Ag NPs. A 4-in. CMK-8-Nafion composite membrane was also fabricated for the demonstration of potential large-scale utilization.…”
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Coherent phonon and unconventional carriers in the magnetic kagome metal Fe3Sn2 by Marcos V. Gonçalves-Faria, Alexej Pashkin, Qi Wang, Hechang C. Lei, Stephan Winnerl, Alexander A. Tsirlin, Manfred Helm, Ece Uykur

“…We ascribe the shorter relaxation (~1 ps) to hot electrons transferring their energy to the crystal lattice via electron–phonon scattering. …”
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Ag–Au Core–Shell Triangular Nanoprisms for Improving p-g-C₃N₄ Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production by Yali Guo, Anzhou Xu, Juan Hou, Qingcui Liu, Hailong Li, Xuhong Guo

“…The formed Schottky junction helps to trap the hot electrons generated from Ag@Au TNPs, and the well-preserved tips of the Ag@Au TNPs can effectively generate an electromagnetic field to inhibit the photogenerated electron–holes pairs recombination. …”
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Anomalous Thermally Induced Deformation in Kelvin–Voigt Plate with Ultrafast Double-Strip Surface Heating by Emad Awad, Sharifah E. Alhazmi, Mohamed A. Abdou, Mohsen Fayik

“…The Jeffreys-type heat conduction equation with flux precedence describes the temperature of diffusive hot electrons during the electron–phonon interaction process in metals. …”
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Generation of ultrahigh fields by microbubble implosion by M. Murakami, A. Arefiev, M. A. Zosa, J. Honrubia

“…The bubble wall protons are subject to volumetric acceleration toward the center due to the spherically symmetric electrostatic force generated by hot electrons filling the bubble. Such an implosion can generate an ultrahigh density proton core of nanometer size on the collapse, which results in an ultrahigh electrostatic field to emit energetic protons in the relativistic regime. …”
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Transition from backward to sideward stimulated Raman scattering with broadband lasers in plasmas by X. F. Li, S. M. Weng, P. Gibbon, H. H. Ma, S. H. Yew, Z. Liu, Y. Zhao, M. Chen, Z. M. Sheng, J. Zhang

“…Since sideward SRS is very efficient in producing harmful hot electrons, attention needs to be paid on this effect if ultra-broadband lasers are considered as next-generation ICF drivers.…”
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Evidence of Negative Capacitance and Capacitance Modulation by Light and Mechanical Stimuli in Pt/ZnO/Pt Schottky Junctions by Raoul Joly, Stéphanie Girod, Noureddine Adjeroud, Patrick Grysan, Jérôme Polesel-Maris

“…An impact-loss process linked to the injection of hot electrons at the interface trap states of the metal-semiconductor junction is proposed to be at the origin of the apparition of the negative capacitance values. …”
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Photochemical Degradation of the UV Filter Octyl Methoxy Cinnamate Probed via Laser-Interfaced Mass Spectrometry by Natalie G. K. Wong, Maria Sereli, Cate S. Anstöter, Caroline E. H. Dessent

“…Additional measurements were obtained using higher-energy collisional dissociation mass spectrometry (HCD-MS) to identify fragments that resulted from the breakdown of the vibrationally hot electronic ground state. We found that the <i>m</i>/<i>z</i> 179 and 161 ions were the main fragments produced by this route. …”
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Tuning electroluminescence performance in Pr-doped piezoelectric bulk ceramics and composites by Hailing Sun, Manchung Wong, Guofu Zhou, K.W. Kwok

“…The red EL emission should be attributed to the impact of hot electrons driven by the large piezoelectric electric field. …”
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Enhancement of the Electroluminescence from Amorphous Er-Doped Al₂O₃ Nanolaminate Films by Y₂O₃ Cladding Layers Using Atomic Layer Depos... by Yang Yang, Haiyan Pei, Zejun Ye, Jiaming Sun

“…The EL is ascribed to the impact excitation of Er³⁺ ions by hot electrons, which stem from Poole-Frenkel conduction mechanism under sufficient voltage within the Al₂O₃-Y₂O₃ matrix.…”
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Principles and advances in ultrafast photoacoustics; applications to imaging cell mechanics and to probing cell nanostructure by Bertrand Audoin

“…The mechanical disturbances following the relaxation of hot electrons in metals and other processes leading to the breaking of the mechanical balance are presented, and the generation of bulk shear-waves, of surface and interface waves and of guided waves is discussed. …”
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Gap formation around Ωe/2 and generation of low-band whistler waves by Landau-resonant electrons in the magnetosphere: Predictions from dispersion theory by Konrad Sauer, Klaus Baumgärtel, Richard Sydora

“…It is directly related to the phase velocity of the most unstable whistler wave mode, which is close to VAe/2 for sufficiently hot electrons (VAe is the electron Alfven velocity). …”
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Thomson backscattering from laser-generated, relativistically moving high-density electron layers by A Paz, S Kuschel, C Rödel, M Schnell, O Jäckel, M C Kaluza, G G Paulus

“…The highest scattering intensity is observed when the probe pulse arrives at the target rear surface 100 fs after irradiation of the target front side by the pump pulse, corresponding to the maximum flux of hot electrons at the interaction region. These results can provide time-resolved information about the evolution of the rear-surface electron sheath and hence about the dynamics of the electric fields responsible for the acceleration of ions from the rear surface of thin, laser-irradiated foils.…”
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Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the mKdV equation and modeling nonlinear waves in plasma by Kanza Arif, Tayyaba Ehsan, W. Masood, W. Masood, S. Asghar, Haifa A. Alyousef, Elsayed Tag-Eldin, S. A. El-Tantawy, S. A. El-Tantawy

“…It is also shown that the most important plasma parameters for the plasma model under consideration are positron concentration, α, and the percentage of cold and hot electrons, represented by the parameters μ and ν, respectively. …”
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Coupling Long‐Range Facet Junction and Interfacial Heterojunction via Edge‐Selective Deposition for High‐Performance Z‐Scheme Photocatalyst by Xuan Li, Shoaib Anwer, Qiangshun Guan, Dalaver H. Anjum, Giovanni Palmisano, Lianxi Zheng

“…Moreover, the junctional plasmonic Au nanoclusters not only act as electron traps to promote the edge‐selective synthesis but also generate “hot electrons” to further boost photocatalytic performance. …”
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