Comprehensive model unravels quantum-mechanical effects behind photoluminescence in thin gold films

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-comprehensive-unravels-quantum-mechanical-effects.html

"focused laser beams at 13 - 40 nm gold films, emanating photoluminescence, enabled production 1st quantitative model phenomenon in 2D gold, applicable to any metal... exactly where photoluminescence process occurred, prerequisite for the metal's use as probe, including of material's own surface temperature...  batteries, CO2 reduction back into carbon-based solar fuels"