Definition of "monolayer" [monolayer]

• A film or layer of a compound one molecule thick. (noun)
• A layer of cells one cell thick, grown in a culture. (noun)

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• "Long-term monolayer culture protocol of human stem cells using human recombinant laminin-511"
• "My guess is that it is still a monolayer, but spread out as monolayers do on the physical micro-surface area, which in the case of regolith, is much larger than the geometrical area."
• "So a layer of 1 nm, not 1 m – more like it. a molecular monolayer, as one would expect on a cold vacuum chamber."