Plasmonic Promises: First Observation of Plasmarons in Graphene
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 15:40
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- The energy bands of complex particles known as plasmarons have been seen for the first time by scientists working with graphene at the Advanced Light Source. Their discovery may hasten the day when these crystalline sheets of carbon just one atom thick can be used to build ultrafast computers and other electronic, photonic, and plasmonic devices on the nanoscale.