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Something out of nothing

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The coupling of the electronic structure of organic semiconductors with the electromagnetic field in the vacuum by means of plasmonic antennas allows for a mobility boost.

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Figure 1: Mobility boost.

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  1. Alberto Salleo is in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 476 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94305, USA,

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