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photoinduced

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[foh-toh-in-doost, -dyoost] / ˌfoʊ toʊ ɪnˈdust, -ˈdjust /

adjective

  1. induced by light.


Etymology

Origin of photoinduced

First recorded in 1945–50; photo- + induce + -ed 2

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Their goal was to determine exactly how a photoinduced hidden state develops.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

"A detailed picture of the photoinduced processes emerged when we modeled the involved excited states by quantum chemical calculations in the light of the spectroscopic results," added Heinze.

From Science Daily Feb. 9, 2024

The original incorrectly stated David Hsieh of the California Institute of Technology creates photoinduced superconductivity in a material called a Mott insulator that becomes insulating at very cold temperatures.

From Scientific American May 25, 2018

Andrea Cavalleri of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg, Germany, and his colleagues have found signs of photoinduced superconductivity in metals and insulators.

From Scientific American May 25, 2018

Four interfacial electron-transfer reactions have a pivotal role in the efficiency of photoinduced charge separation.

From Nature Aug. 15, 2012

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