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Transport properties

Direct image of an electron orbit in an exciton is a first, say researchers

16 May 2021
False colour image of an electron in an exciton
Hanging around: this image shows where an electron is most likely to be found in an exciton. Yellow indicates high probability and blue low probability. The hole is located at the centre of the circular pattern. (Courtesy: OIST)
For the first time, researchers have captured an image of an electron’s orbital probability cloud

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