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Langmuir-Blodgett film
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English
Etymology
Named after Irving Langmuir and Katharine B. Blodgett, who invented the technique at General Electric Co.
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.
en 2006 Semiconductors 40 1188 The photoluminescence of the CdS nanoclusters formed in the matrix of a Langmuir-Blodgett film is studied in the temperature range 5–300 K.
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