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monolayer|ˈmɒnəleɪə(r)|
[f. mono- + layer n.]
a. A layer or film one molecule thick.
1933Biochem. Jrnl. XXVII. 1581 The structure of proteins in bulk solution is different from that which exists when the protein is extended as a monolayer in a film. 1950W. J. Moore Physical Chem. xvi. 496 The ordinary three-dimensional states of aggregation have many counterparts in the two-dimensional world of monolayers. 1972R. G. Kazmann Mod. Hydrol. (ed. 2) iii. 62 Ideally this would form a film one molecule thick on the water surface—a monolayer. 1973Nature 10 Aug. 328/2 In these severe conditions of lack of water (a few monolayers of water adsorbed on soil particles) some growth and metabolic activity of bacteria..does occur.
b. Biol. and Med. A culture consisting of a layer of cells one cell thick.
1952Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. XXXVIII. 748 The virus of Western Equine Encephalomyelitis, adapted to chicken embryo, will produce plaques when it is grown on a monolayer of cells obtainable from chicken embryos. 1961Nature 22 Apr. 370/2 The vaccina virus was grown in monolayer cultures of monkey kidney tissue. 1973Ibid. 6 Apr. 399/2 The division of most ‘normal’ cells in culture is inhibited after they have grown to a confluent monolayer. |