Associations to the word «Polaron»

Wiktionary

POLARON, noun. (physics) the object that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the lattice in its vicinity

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.