| 单词 | surface physics |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurface physics surface physics n. physics that deals with surfaces; spec. the branch of physical science that deals with the surface of a solid, or the interface between any two phases, and the physical phenomena that occur there. ΚΠ 1928 J. H. Jeans Astron. & Cosmogony xvii. 412 Terrestrial chemistry, which deals only with these atoms, may properly be described as ‘surface-chemistry’; it must merge into a wider chemistry on passing inside a star. So also terrestrial physics is a mere ‘surface-physics’. 1940 R. B. Lindsay Gen. Physics for Students vi. 69 The laws concerning friction are as yet merely empirical... Evidently they depend on the state of the surface of a solid, and surface physics is just now beginning to receive the attention it deserves. 1991 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Oct. 74/3 The field ionization source, which simply consists of an atomically sharp tip at whose point an electric field ionizes gas atoms, has long been an important tool in surface physics because it can produce images of individual atoms in the tip. 2005 Daily Mail (Nexis) 30 June 61 With a degree in physics and a PhD in solid state and surface physics, he first started working at nano-level commercially for a company that made magnetic recording heads, as used in computer disc drives. < as lemmas |
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