Luca Bursi and Kyle Chapkin (IMAGE) Rice University Caption Luca Bursi (left) and Kyle Chapkin of Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics are probing the physical limits of excited electronic states called plasmons by studying them in organic molecules with fewer than 50 atoms. Credit Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Usage Restrictions For news release purposes only. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.