English Explanatory Dictionary

polaron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

polaron polarons

Etymology

From polar + -on.

Derived words

antipolaron bipolaron intrapolaron magnetopolaron multipolaron polaronic
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