English Explanatory Dictionary

Langmuir-Blodgett trough

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An item of laboratory apparatus used to compress monolayers of molecules on the surface of a given subphase (usually water) and to measure surface phenomena due to this compression.

Word forms

Langmuir-Blodgett trough Langmuir-Blodgett troughs

Etymology

Named after Irving Langmuir and Katharine B. Blodgett.

Synonyms

LB trough
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