Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

langmuir-blodgett film

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: lang-muir-blod-get-t -film
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nanostructured system formed when monolayers are transferred from a liquid-gas interface to solid supports during the vertical passage of the support through the monolayers.

Example Sentences

"The photoluminescence of the CdS nanoclusters formed in the matrix of a Langmuir-Blodgett film is studied in the temperature range 5–300 K."

Etymology

Named after Irving Langmuir and Katharine B. Blodgett, who invented the technique at General Electric Co.

Inflected Forms

Langmuir-Blodgett films (plural)

Questions

What does langmuir-blodgett film mean?: A nanostructured system formed when monolayers are transferred from a liquid-gas interface to solid supports during the vertical passage of the support through the monolayers.
Where does langmuir-blodgett film come from?: Named after Irving Langmuir and Katharine B. Blodgett, who invented the technique at General Electric Co.

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