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Rewritable oxide photodetectors

The simultaneous control of photon and electron confinement at the nanoscale on an oxide platform may pave the way for optoelectronic devices measuring just a few nanometres in size.

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Figure 1: The ease at which the photodetector of Irvin et al. can be reconfigured and integrated may lead to important technological advances and remarkable precision in molecular research.

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Tang, L. Rewritable oxide photodetectors. Nature Photon 4, 807–809 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.275

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