absorption edge
C42010
concept
The absorption edge is the specific photon energy or wavelength at which a material’s absorption of electromagnetic radiation sharply increases due to the onset of an electronic transition, such as core-level electron excitation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| absorption edge canonical | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: absorption edge
Generated description
The absorption edge is the specific photon energy or wavelength at which a material’s absorption of electromagnetic radiation sharply increases due to the onset of an electronic transition, such as core-level electron excitation.
Instances (1)
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| Urbach tail | — |