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Copyright 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Figure 7 (a) Transient bleach data for pure Au and Pt–Au core–shell nanoparticles(1 : 0.5 molar ratio of Pt : Au) recorded with 400-nm pump and visibleprobe laser pulses. Note that the dynamics are much faster for the bimetallicparticles. (b) Characteristic timescale for electron–phonon coupling versus molefraction of Au (x Au ) for Pt–Au core–shell nanoparticles. The dashed line is the timeconstant calculated using Eqs. (7) and (8).where a Au is the fraction of Au electronic states, which is given <strong>by</strong>a Au ¼x Au Uðe F Þ Aux Au Uðe F Þ Auþ ð1 x; Au ÞUðe F Þ Ptð8ÞIn Eq. (8), x Au is the mole fraction of Au, and U(q F ) Au and U(q F ) Pt are thedensity of electronic states at the Fermi level for Au and Pt. In this calculation,the values of U(q F ) Au and U(q F ) Pt were taken from the literature [46],<strong>Copyright</strong> <strong>2004</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Marcel</strong> <strong>Dekker</strong>, <strong>Inc</strong>. <strong>All</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Reserved</strong>.

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