monolayern.adj.

1924 P. L. du Noüy in Science 27 June 581/1 In order to explain these minima [in the surface tension of colloidal solutions], the hypothesis was brought forward that they correspond to polarized monolayers; (the writer proposes the term ‘monolayers’ instead of the clumsy ‘monomolecular layer’).

1933 Biochem. Jrnl. 27 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.

1950 W. J. Moore Physical Chem. xvi. 496 The ordinary three-dimensional states of aggregation have many counterparts in the two-dimensional world of monolayers.

1973 Nature 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.

1999 Pop. Sci. Mar. 34/1 The second component is called a monolayer: It's a single layer of densely packed molecules that are chemically tailored to bond with metallic contaminants.

1952 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 38 748 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.

1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 686/2 Swab specimens were..placed in tubes containing a monolayer of human placental fibroblasts and Eagle's basal medium.

1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 14/2 Drugs that stabilize the endothelial monolayer..have been shown to attenuate permeability injury in lung and skeletal muscle.

1952 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 38 747 (title) Production of plaques in monolayer tissue cultures by simple particles of an animal virus.

1961 Nature 22 Apr. 370/2 The vaccinia virus was grown in monolayer cultures of monkey kidney tissue.

1989 Molecular & Cellular Probes Dec. 366 Uninfected or infected cells were scraped off the monolayer surface, washed 3 times..and resuspended.