a single layer of atoms or molecules adsorbed on a surface
Also called: molecular film
monolayer in American English
(ˈmɑnoʊˌleɪər)
noun
a layer or film one molecule thick
Examples of 'monolayer' in a sentence
monolayer
Here, we study the grain growth process in a polycrystalline monolayer of colloidal hard spheres.
François A. Lavergne, Dirk G. A. L. Aarts, Roel P. A. Dullens 2017, 'Anomalous Grain Growth in a Polycrystalline Monolayer of Colloidal Hard Spheres',Physical Review Xhttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041064. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Spheroid-derived cells showed significantly higher osteogenic and neurogenic marker expression than monolayer-cultured cells after induction.
Kai Chen, Xianqi Li, Ni Li, Hongwei Dong, Yiming Zhang, Michiko Yoshizawa, HideakiKagami 2019, 'Spontaneously Formed Spheroids from Mouse Compact Bone-Derived Cells Retain HighlyPotent Stem Cells with Enhanced Differentiation Capability', Stem Cells Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8469012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Previous tools have been optimized for the monolayer nature of cultured cells.
Julian Sosnik, Warren A Vieira, Kaitlyn A Webster, Kellee R Siegfried, Catherine DMcCusker 2017, 'A new and improved algorithm for the quantification of chromatin condensation frommicroscopic data shows decreased chromatin condensation in regenerating axolotl limbcells.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5638231?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The complex coacervate structures self-organize in biconcave thin water layers into size-sorted monolayer superstructures.
Jan Bart ten Hove, Matthias N. van Oosterom, Fijs W. B. van Leeuwen, Aldrik H. Velders 2018, 'Nanoparticles reveal Extreme Size-Sorting and Morphologies in Complex Coacervate Superstructures',Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-32240-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Immunostaining and transepithelial electrical resistance were measured to assess the integrity of the monolayer.
Zhenzhen Chen, Xin Gong, Yang Lu, Shouying Du, Zhihui Yang, Jie Bai, Pengyue Li, HuichaoWu 2014, 'Enhancing effect of borneol and muscone on geniposide transport across the human nasalepithelial cell monolayer.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4081582?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The area per lipid increases in the convex monolayer and decreases in the concave monolayer.
Semen O. Yesylevskyy, Timothée Rivel, Christophe Ramseyer 2017, 'The influence of curvature on the properties of the plasma membrane. Insights fromatomistic molecular dynamics simulations', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-16450-x. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In particular, the results from the monolayer cultures show potential in the avoidance of dedifferentiation.
Achim von Bomhard, Joseph Faust, Alexander F Elsaesser, Silke Schwarz, Katharina Pippich,Nicole Rotter 2017, 'Impact of expansion and redifferentiation under hypothermia on chondrogenic capacityof cultured human septal chondrocytes', Journal of Tissue Engineeringhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2041731417732655. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Meniscal cells were prepared from these meniscal tissues and expanded in monolayer culture.
Norton James H, Kneisl Jeffrey S, Honeycutt Patrick R, Mauerhan David R, Sun Yubo,Hanley Edward N, Gruber Helen E 2010, 'Analysis of meniscal degeneration and meniscal gene expression', BMC Musculoskeletal Disordershttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/11/19. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The monolayer coverage capacity was observed to be 62.5 mg/g.
Sandip Patil, Vilas Mahajan, Gunvant Sonawane, Vinod Shrivastava 2017, 'Kinetics of photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue by ZnO-bentonite nanocomposite',Iranian Chemical Communicationhttp://icc.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_3932_11f8d1330ecd4d60e6429cf8f2b61fad.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The bio-sensor has monolayer molecule-coating sensitivity and specific selectivity.
Iram Saleem, Wei-Kan Chu 2016, 'Gold nano-ripple structure with potential for bio molecular sensing applications',Sensing and Bio-Sensing Researchhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214180416301301. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)