to delocalize

Examples

• All

• These delocalized-electron systems can be identified by their alternating single and double carbon-carbon bonds.

  Academic text (2006)

• So when a particle is localized in momentum, it's completely delocalized in position.

  Stanford

• At high temperature, there are enough thermal phonons to delocalize the excitons, whereas at low temperature, localization in the lowest energy states occurs.

  Academic text (1994)

• Well-delocalized conduction and valence band states are required for useful semiconducting behavior.

  Academic text (2006)

• This behavior is due again to the collective interaction of the delocalized exciters and cannot occur in independent atom-like systems.

  Academic text (1994)

• Furthermore, the contact across the heterojunction allows this bound exciton to lower its energy by becoming somewhat delocalized across the heterojunction.

  Academic text (2006)

• The results confirm that the field-induced carriers in a well-ordered polymer, free of disorder introduced by chemical doping, are nearly delocalized.

  Academic text (2006)

• These effects originate from the unique properties of interacting many-body systems with extended and delocalized elementary excitations (Cooper pairs).

  Academic text (1994)

• In a chemical reaction, electrons can delocalize across multiple atoms, enhancing their stability.

• The study showed that in certain materials, the ability to delocalize electrons improved their conductivity.

Synonyms

D

to disperse

vsto delocalize

104 4.4

To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area

applies mainly to electrons or particles in scientific contexts rather than general scattering

Antonyms

C

to confine

215 4.2

Keep someone or something within limits, for example in a small space

How Localized

to confine

215 4.2

to localize

• US

23 4.8

to delocalize

• Specialized

8.6

to disperse

104 4.4

to spread

664 1.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology