excitons (IMAGE)

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excitons

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Two nano-thin layers of molybdenum diselenide twisted at a high angle produce bright excitons (red spike) and dark excitons (blue spike) that can be manipulated by photons (green arrows).

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Arnab Barman Ray / Nano Letters

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