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graphoepitaxy

graphoepitaxy noun: the growth of an aligned layer of single crystal, from a seed, on the surface of a substrate.

Noun

graphoepitaxy (uncountable)

  1. The growth of an aligned layer of single crystal, from a seed, on the surface of a substrate
    • However the present samples lack any features to guide alignment, as is the case with graphoepitaxy, which assists in significantly lowering the observed defect density.2015 July 25, “Automated Defect and Correlation Length Analysis of Block Copolymer Thin Film Nanopatterns”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of graphoepitaxy

From grapho- + epitaxy.

Questions about graphoepitaxy

What does graphoepitaxy mean?
Graphoepitaxy means the growth of an aligned layer of single crystal, from a seed, on the surface of a substrate.
What part of speech is graphoepitaxy?
Graphoepitaxy is a noun.

Words near graphoepitaxy in the dictionary

  1. graphlets
  2. graphlike
  3. grapho-
  4. graphoelement
  5. graphoelements
  6. graphoepitaxy
  7. graphoglyptid
  8. graphoglyptids
  9. graphoglytid
  10. graphoglytids
  11. graphogram

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