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photoinduced

American  
[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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Beyond showing how a photoinduced hidden state develops, the research points to a possible strategy for manipulating material properties with extremely short pulses of light.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Those changes indicated that the photoinduced hidden state had formed.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

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

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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