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CONDUCTING POLYMERS

The switch is on

Nanostructures of electrically conducting polymers show plasmonic behaviour that indicates their promise as switchable optical materials.

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Fig. 1: Switchable plasmonic effect in nanodiscs of conducting polymers.

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Evans, D. The switch is on. Nat. Nanotechnol. 15, 7–8 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-019-0588-6

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