Definition of Exciton

1. Noun. (physics) A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor ¹

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Definition of Exciton

1. a phenomenon occurring in an excited crystal [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exciton

exciting
exciting cause
exciting electrode
exciting eye
excitingly
excitingness
excitive
excitives
excito-motion
excito-nutrient
excitoglandular
excitometabolic
excitomotor
excitomotory
excitomuscular
exciton (current term)
excitonic
excitonics
excitons
excitoprotective
excitor
excitor nerve
excitoreflex nerve
excitors
excitosecretory
excitotoxic
excitotoxicity
excitotoxin
excitotoxins
excitotoxity

Literary usage of Exciton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2005 by National Academy of Engineering, Nae (2006)
"exciton Transport Once an exciton is created in the polymer, ... Experiments have shown that an exciton can diffuse approximately 5-10 nm in most ..."

2. Computing Radiation Dosimetry: CRD 2002 : Workshop Proceedings, Sacavém by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear (2004)
"The exciton formalism of FLUKA follows that of M. Blann and co-workers [23-26], with some modifications: • Inverse cross-sections from systematics. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Sixth Meeting of the Task Force on Shielding Aspects of by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"Proton Radiography (PRAD). and other projects. we at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have been developing an improved version of the Cascade-exciton ..."

4. National Accounts of OECD Countries: V.2 by OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service) (2004)
"The exciton formalism of FLUKA follows that of M. Blann and co-workers [23-26], with some modifications: • Inverse cross-sections from systematics. ..."

5. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2005)
"Recently, the cascade exciton model (CEM) was developed to investigate intermediate energy reactions with fission processes and shell corrections introduced ..."

6. Intermediate Energy Nuclear Data: Models and Codes : Proceedings of a by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (1994)
"Preequilibrium corrections become increasingly important at energies above 20 MeV and are made in standard GNASH calculations using the exciton model of ..."

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