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Electrically Tunable Exciton–Plasmon Coupling in a WSe 2 Monolayer Embedded in a Plasmonic Crystal Cavity
- Award ID(s):
- 1734011
- PAR ID:
- 10096354
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Nano Letters
- ISSN:
- 1530-6984
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00484
