plasmon
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of plasmon
C20: from German, from Greek plasma. See plasma
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Using cellular thermal shift assays, microscale thermophoresis, and surface plasmon resonance, they identified ACOT1 as a direct molecular target of obakulactone.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
A series of tests, including cellular thermal shift assays, microscale thermophoresis, and surface plasmon resonance experiments, showed that OL binds directly to ACOT1.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Previous studies published in Science and Nature Communications had already observed tightly confined light waves called hyperbolic plasmon polaritons traveling through the crystal.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
With their THz spectroscope, they observed that excited streams of electrons reflect off the edges to form a type of hybrid light-matter quasiparticle called a plasmon polariton.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025
Wake had nothing in his pack but plasmon biscuits and raisins, for that, he said, was his mountaineering provender, but he was not averse to sampling my tinned stuff.
From Mr. Standfast by John Buchan
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