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A research team led by chemists at Rice University has made hybrid particles that combine the light-harvesting properties of plasmonic nanoparticles with the flexibility of catalytic polymer coatings. Their work could help power long-pursued plasmonic applications in electronics, imaging, sensing, and medicine. Plasmons are the detectable ripples of energy created on the surface of some metals when excited by light.
