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plasmon
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plas·mon  (plzmn)
n.
The aggregate of cytoplasmic or extranuclear genetic material in an organism.

[German, from New Latin plasma, plasma; see plasma.]

plasmon [ˈplæzmɒn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) Genetics the sum total of plasmagenes in a cell
[from German, from Greek plasma. See plasma]


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First named in 2001, the field of plasmonics has become popular among physicists and engineers only recently, as scientists have developed tools to create nanosized structures that can guide and shape these light-and-electron waves.
Just one of the research areas highlighted in the report, plasmonics, shows how our understanding of light, in this case stemming from the way light interacts with silver and gold to give off a shiny sparkle, could lead to the development of metamaterial-based invisibility cloaks or super-strength solar cells for renewable energy generation.
 
 
 
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