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Rice University

LUMINESCENCE 3

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Rice University scientists have developed a method that can sense small concentrations of molecules near a nanoparticle's surface by amplifying the light they emit when their spectral frequencies overlap with those of adjacent plasmonic nanoparticles.

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Thomas Heiderscheit/Landes Research Group

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