One might have expected there was little left to learn about the dynamics of hot charge-carriers in semiconductors. But an unexpected heating mechanism in semiconducting quantum rods suggests there is still room for surprise.
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Krauss, T. Not so cool after all. Nature Phys 2, 513–514 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys369
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