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Trions consist of three charged particles bound together by very weak bonding energy. Although trions can potentially carry more information than electrons in applications such as electronics and quantum computing, trions are typically unstable at room temperature, and the bonds between trion particles are so weak that they quickly fall apart. Now a University of Maryland-led team of researchers has discovered a method to uses carbon nanotubes to synthesize and trap trions that remain stable at room temperature.
