Small oscillations of surface electrons that manipulate light on the nanoscale could be the route to applications as disparate as faster computer chips and cures for cancer. Joerg Heber reports.
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Joerg Heber is a senior editor at Nature Materials.
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Heber, J. Plasmonics: Surfing the wave. Nature 461, 720–722 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461720a
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