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Definition of Monolayers
1. monolayer [n] - See also: monolayer
Medical Definition of Monolayers
1. 1. Films, one molecule thick, formed on water by certain substances, such as proteins and fatty acids, characterised by molecules containing some atom groupings that are soluble in water and other atom groupings that are insoluble in water. 2. A confluent sheet of cells, one cell deep, growing on a surface in a cell culture. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monolayers
Literary usage of Monolayers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Visualizing Chemistry: The Progress and Promise of Advanced Chemical Imaging by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy probes of self-assembled, physisorbed
monolayers: Peeking at the peaks. Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 49:297-336. ..."
2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Similarly, 5-day monolayers of bovine embryonic kidney failed to support the
growth of a ... monolayers of rabbit testis cells did not support the growth of ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Monkey kidney (MK-2) cells were cultivated as monolayers in Eagle's minimum ...
Human prepuce cells were grown as monolayers in Eagle's MEM medium (14) ..."
4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The supernatant fluid was then inoculated into tubes containing monolayers of
secondary cultures of pig-kidney cells, oi ml. to io ml. of medium. ..."
5. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"... of KRV or TH-1 is confirmed by characteristic CPE of cell monolayers, ...
on inoculated monolayers, histocytochemistry of affected monolayers using ..."
6. Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Potential benefits include self-assembled monolayers for corrosion protection,
soft polymeric coatings for noise reduction, ..."
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