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- URN to cite this document:
- urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-384343
- DOI to cite this document:
- 10.5283/epub.38434
Abstract
Few inventions have shaped the world like the incandescent bulb. Edison used thermal radiation from ohmically heated conductors, but some noble metals also exhibit ‘cold’ electroluminescence in percolation films1,2, tunnel diodes3, electromigrated nanoparticle aggregates4,5, optical antennas6 or scanning tunnelling microscopy7,8,9. The origin of this radiation, which is spectrally broad and ...

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