April 21, 2021 Scientists copy the first image of the orbit of an electron inside an exitone by Jake Pearson Image: Very small, strange quantum concepts apply in physics. Electrons act as particles and waves, so it is impossible to know position and view And more Attribution: OIST For the first time in the world, researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology’s Graduate University (OIST) have copied an image showing the internal orbits or spatial distribution of particles in an exitone – a goal that scientists have avoided for over a century. Excitons are the exciting states of matter found in semiconductors – the keys to many modern technological devices, including solar cells, LEDs, lasers, and smartphones.