Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) shows electron diffraction patterns (inset) of three quantum dot samples with average size of (a) 2.4 nanometers (b) 3.6 nm, and (c) 5.8 nm. Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Plasmonic semiconductors could revolutionize electronics by coupling photons and electrons into synchronized wavefronts that travel in waves on a chip's surface. These surface plasmon resonances enable electronic interconnect where the signals travel at the speed of light, on-chip lenses for lasers and a new generation of super-efficient plasmonic light-emitting diodes (LEDs), supersensitive chemical and biological detectors, and metamaterials that can bend light around objects to create an invisibility cloak.
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