monolayer

American

[mon-uh-ley-er] / ˌmɒn əˈleɪ ər /

noun

Physical Chemistry.

molecular film.

monolayer British

/ ˈmɒnəʊˌleɪə /

noun

Also called: molecular film. a single layer of atoms or molecules adsorbed on a surface

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Etymology

Origin of monolayer

First recorded in 1930–35; mono- + layer

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monolayer

They report their discovery in the article "Modulated Kondo screening along magnetic mirror twin boundaries in monolayer MoS2" in Nature Physics.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2023

By carefully adjusting conditions such as temperature and water content inside the reactor, the team could fine-tune how much of the silicon surface the monolayer covered.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023

The team at CityU has engineered a unique type of self-assembled monolayer, or SAM for short, and anchored it on a nickel oxide surface as a charge extraction layer.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023

Magnetic control of valley pseudospin in monolayer WSe2.

From Nature ● May 1, 2018

Photogenerated electron–hole pairs in a monolayer of tungsten diselenide are accelerated and collided by a strong lightwave.

From Nature ● May 1, 2018

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