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epifilm

epifilm noun: an epitaxial film.

Noun

epifilm (plural epifilms)

  1. An epitaxial film
    • The slow strain-relaxation process of in epitaxial Bi2Se3(221) can be attributed to the layered structure of Bi2Se3 crystal, where the epifilm grown along [221] is like a pile of weakly-coupled quintuple layer slabs stacked side-by-side on substrate.2016, B. Li, W. G. Chen, X. Guo, W. K. Ho, X. Q. Dai, J. F. Jia, M. H. Xie, “Strain in Epitaxial High-Index Bi2Se3(221) Films Grown by Molecular-Beam Epitaxy”, in arXiv

Forms of epifilm

pluralepifilms

Origin of epifilm

From epi- + film.

Questions about epifilm

What does epifilm mean?
Epifilm means an epitaxial film.
What part of speech is epifilm?
Epifilm is a noun.
What is the plural of epifilm?
The plural of epifilm is epifilms.

Words near epifilm in the dictionary

  1. epifascicular
  2. epifauna
  3. epifaunae
  4. epifaunal
  5. epifaunas
  6. epifilm
  7. epifilms
  8. epiflora
  9. epifloral
  10. epifluorescence
  11. epifluorescence microscope

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