metamolecule
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]metamolecule (plural metamolecules)
- (physics) A grouping of atoms held together by a magnetic field rather than by interatomic forces
- 2015, Derek W. Watson, Stewart D. Jenkins, Janne Ruostekoski, Vassili A. Fedotov, Nikolay I. Zheludev, “Toroidal dipole excitations in metamolecules formed by interacting plasmonic nanorods”, in arXiv[1]:
- By means of breaking the geometric symmetry of the metamolecule, the toroidal mode can be excited by linearly polarized light and we provide simple optimization protocols for maximizing the toroidal dipole mode excitation.