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Narrow Plasmon Resonances in Hybrid Systems

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The first study of an atomically thin material was published by Wallace (Phys Rev 71(9):622, [1]) in 1947. Wallace was studying the electronic properties of graphite: he started his study by considering the electronic properties of a single layer of graphite (later termed graphene) and then extended this to bulk graphite.

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    For completeness we also note the existence of two non-Raman scattering processes. In Rayleigh scattering the electron is excited from and returns to the ground state, meaning that the incident and scattered photons have the same wavelength. In fluorescence a photon excites an electron to a higher energy state. The electron returns to the ground state via a series of non-radiative transitions followed by one large transition. The final transition corresponds to fluorescent photon emission.

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Thomas, P.A. (2018). Two-Dimensional Materials. In: Narrow Plasmon Resonances in Hybrid Systems. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97526-9_3

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