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  • adjective physics, nanotechnology Of or pertaining to plasmons, the quasiparticles resulting from the quantization of plasma oscillations.

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plasmon +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • In a collaboration between the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge, Novoselov's team found they could solve this problem by combining graphene with tiny metallic structures known as plasmonic nanostructures, which are specially arranged on top of graphene.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin made the discovery by scattering microwave radiation over a cylinder that measured just two wavelengths long, a process known as "plasmonic cloaking."

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Melanie Hick 2012

  • In a collaboration between the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge, Novoselov's team found they could solve this problem by combining graphene with tiny metallic structures known as plasmonic nanostructures, which are specially arranged on top of graphene.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • In a collaboration between the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge, Novoselov's team found they could solve this problem by combining graphene with tiny metallic structures known as plasmonic nanostructures, which are specially arranged on top of graphene.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • These so-called plasmonic effects occur in nanostructures made from highly conductive metals such as copper, silver, and gold.

    Technology Review RSS Feeds 2010

  • These so-called plasmonic effects occur in nanostructures made from highly conductive metals such as copper, silver, and gold.

    Technology Review RSS Feeds 2010

  • Using a standard quantum cascade (QC) laser, the researchers added a metallic structure called a plasmonic polarizer to the laser's facet.

    DailyTech Main News Feed 2009

  • To achieve the results, the researchers sculpted a metallic structure, dubbed a plasmonic polarizer directly on the facet of a quantum cascade (QC) laser.

    unknown title 2009

  • When light is shone on a so-called plasmonic metal material - nothing to do with Plasmon Inc. 's optical drives, by the way - its electrons vibrate and give out evanescent waves at a shorter wavelength than that of normal light.

    The Register 2008

  • Electrons inside plasmonic nanoparticles resonate with input from an outside electromagnetic source in the same way a drop of water will make ripples in a pool.

    Light-Bending Nanoparticles Could Lead To Superlenses, Invisibility Cloaks | Impact Lab 2009

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