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adparticle

adparticle noun: a cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.

Noun

adparticle (plural adparticles)

  1. A cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.
    • Otherwise, in the case of pure physisorption, adatoms and very small adclusters would not be observed with the STM because the probability for the sharp eigenstates of the adparticles to lie within the 10 meV energy window ( given by the bias voltage ) would be considerably small.1987, PDMS and Clusters, page 125

Forms of adparticle

pluraladparticles

Origin of adparticle

Revised spelling of ad particle popularized by Robert Gomer and Lynn W. Swanson's 1963 paper "Theory of field desorption", coined by chemists Roger Wortman, Robert Gomer, and Richard A. Lundy, in 1957 as a shortening of adsorption + particle.

Questions about adparticle

What does adparticle mean?
Adparticle means a cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.
What part of speech is adparticle?
Adparticle is a noun.
What is the plural of adparticle?
The plural of adparticle is adparticles.

Words near adparticle in the dictionary

  1. adozelesin
  2. ADP
  3. ADP-ribose
  4. adpao
  5. adpaos
  6. adparticle
  7. adparticles
  8. adpeople
  9. adperson
  10. adpersons
  11. ADPLL

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