monolayer

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noun

A layer of material that is one molecule thick

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

nounmonolayer (plural monolayers)

plural monolayers

  1. chemistryA layer of material that is one molecule thick

    Recently a stable monolayer of antimony in buckled honeycomb structure called antimonene was successfully grown on 3D topological insulator Bi#95;2Te#95;3 and Sb#95;2Te#95;3, which displays semiconducting properties.

    2016, Yuanfeng Xu, Bo Peng, Hao Zhang, Hezhu Shao, Rongjun Zhang, Hongliang Lu, David Wei Zhang, Heyuan Zhu, “First-principle calculations of phononic, electronic and optical properties of monolayer arsenene and antimonene allotropes”, in arXiv
  2. biologyA layer of tissue that is one cell thick

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*logʰéyeti
  8. Proto-Germanic*lagjaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*laggjan
  10. Old Englishleċġan
  11. Middle Englishleyen
  12. Englishlay
  13. Englishlayer
  14. Englishmonolayer

From mono- + layer.

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APA

monolayer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monolayer

MLA

“monolayer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monolayer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monolayer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monolayer.

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