monolayer
noun
mono·lay·er
ˈmä-nō-ˌlā-ər 
-ˌler
: a single continuous layer or film that is one cell, molecule, or atom in thickness
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The benefits of the new material, called ultra-clean monolayer amorphous carbon (UC-MAC), are derived from its disordered ring structure, which contrasts with the perfect hexagonal rings in graphene.
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IEEE Spectrum, 18 Aug. 2025
The researchers started by synthesizing a material from monolayers of the semiconductors molybdenum diselenide and tungsten disulfide, which belong to a class of materials that past simulations had implied could exhibit Nagaoka-style magnetism.
—Michael Greshko, WIRED, 28 Jan. 2024
But most natural mosaics, from rock cracks to molecular monolayers, are not perfectly periodic tessellations.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2023
The Langmuir–Blodgett monolayer doesn’t want to reorganize.
—Scientific American Custom Media, Scientific American, 29 July 2022
The research team tested five materials: graphene, which is a simple hexagonal array format of carbon; molybdenum sulfide in monolayer form, and three MOF membranes.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2019
Researchers have since made monolayers of metals, semimetals, insulators and more, but magnetism was the final holdout.
—Sylvia Morrow, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2018
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IEEE Spectrum, 18 Aug. 2025
The researchers started by synthesizing a material from monolayers of the semiconductors molybdenum diselenide and tungsten disulfide, which belong to a class of materials that past simulations had implied could exhibit Nagaoka-style magnetism.
—Michael Greshko, WIRED, 28 Jan. 2024
But most natural mosaics, from rock cracks to molecular monolayers, are not perfectly periodic tessellations.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2023
The Langmuir–Blodgett monolayer doesn’t want to reorganize.
—Scientific American Custom Media, Scientific American, 29 July 2022
The research team tested five materials: graphene, which is a simple hexagonal array format of carbon; molybdenum sulfide in monolayer form, and three MOF membranes.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2019
Researchers have since made monolayers of metals, semimetals, insulators and more, but magnetism was the final holdout.
—Sylvia Morrow, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2018
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monolayer
noun
mono·lay·er
ˈmän-ō-ˌlā-ər, -ˌle(-ə)r
: a single continuous layer or film that is one cell or molecule in thickness
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