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exciton Definition

ex·ci·ton (ek sītän, eksə tän′)

noun

a localized, electrically neutral, excited state that allows the transfer of energy but not electric charge through a semiconductor, insulator, etc., as an electron bound to a positive hole

exciton Related Forms
ex′·ci·tonic adjective
exciton Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • form: The exciton formed on the sensitiser molecule eventually breaks up into a vacancy on the donor molecule and an electron on the acceptor molecule.

Adjective modifier

  • indirect: Special emphasis is given to spatially indirect excitons in coupled quantum wells.

Modifies a noun

  • energy: The exciton cannot conduct energy, but it can transfer energy because it is mobile.
  • emission: On Wednesday the morning session discussed the doping of diamond and exciton emission characteristics.
  • polaritons: We first investigate a BEC of exciton polaritons in an isolated microcavity.
  • dissociation: When such offsets are large enough exciton dissociation at the polymer interface is energetically favorable.
  • system: Their mutual repulsive dipole-dipole interaction screens in-plane disorders effectively and further stabilizes the exciton system at low temperature.

Noun used with modifier

  • surface: Using this new method, we predicted the surface exciton energies for KI, KBr, KCl, and NaCl within ±0.15 eV.
  • bulk: For example, if the photon energy exceeds the bulk absorption threshold, then bulk excitons and/or electron-hole pairs are produced.

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