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Rice University

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Rice University researchers studying the effect of light on pinwheels (left) and single C-shaped (right) gold nanoparticles have found an unknown effect on single particles. Stimulating the particles just right produced a near-perfect modulation of the light they scatter via their plasmonic response. The discovery may become useful in the development of chips for next-generation optical components for computers and antennas.

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Link Research Group/Rice University

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