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Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to ...

Solar cell technology and optical information storage could be the first applications to benefit from plasmonics. Improving the efficiency of photovoltaics and squeezing light into ever-smaller ...