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When bright and dark bind together

Magneto-photoluminescence experiments reveal the role of dark excitons in the formation of biexcitons and charged biexcitons in tungsten diselenide monolayers.

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Fig. 1: Biexciton complexes.

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Robert, C. When bright and dark bind together. Nature Nanotech 13, 982–983 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0281-1

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